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THE SINKING OF HMS HAWKE 2
nd edition
15th October 1914
Compiled by E.J.Sparrow
WITH THE LOSS OF 525 MEMBERS OF CREW
OF WHOM 86 WERE YOUNG BOYS
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PREFACE
This book was produced to coincide with one of Colchester’s events commemorating
the Centenary of the start of the Great War. Although Colchester is naturally proud of its
long association with the Army, it also has a long involvement with the sea having fishing
fleets operating from nearby coastal villages.
As their contribution to Colchester’s commemoration of the Great War the local Sea
Cadets decided to hold a special service for the loss of HMS Hawke on the 15th October
1914 on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary. The cadets are based at Training Ship
Colne Light.
At dusk the Ensign on HMS Hawke would have been lowered and the bugler sounded
“Last Post” thus a service re-enacting this ceremony is a fitting time tribute to the crew of
this cruiser lost in action.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
The reason the loss of HMS Hawke on the 15th October 2014 was particularly chosen
by the local Sea Cadet Corps to be their contribution to the commemoration of World War 1
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was that she was a training ship and amongst the 86 teenagers lost were 4 sixteen year old
local boys from the Colchester area. They were Boy seamen 1st class: Harold AINGER,
Marshall Claude ALLEN, Ernest John ROGERS and Claude Thomas SAWKINS
HMS Hawke not only had the youngsters aboard but men drawn from all over the UK
and Ireland including naval pensioners in their mid-fifties.
In compiling this book I noted a survivor’s recollection where he wrote “I scrambled
up the iron ladder to the main deck. Already the captain, commander, and a midshipman
were on the bridge, and calmly, as though on fleet manoeuvres in the Solent, orders were
given out, and as calmly obeyed. The bugler sounded the ‘Still’ call, which called upon every
man to remain at the post at which the call reached him. Soon there came the order,
‘Abandon ship, out boats’. {Note: - the bugler and midshipman were just seventeen- all 4 on
the bridge were lost}
This book has four appendices giving details of firstly the teenagers and secondly the
senior members of the crew. These appendices are based on information in the public
domain from the shortened version of men’s service records supplemented with
information from newspaper articles and Rolls of Honour produced by major cities down to
small villages
The third appendix lists the names of those who survived the sinking of HMS Hawke.
Just seven of them were the youngsters. Amongst their ranks were:
The Boatswain Sidney Austin who had already been through the trauma of being
torpedoed by U9 earlier in September 1914 having been on board HMS Hogue.
Sadly some of these survivors never lived to see peace, they lost their lives later.
James Dennis the gunner appears to be the same man killed in 1917 at Scapa Flow, when
HMS Vanguard suffered an accidental explosion in the magazine. She sank almost instantly,
killing an estimated 804 men.
Seamen Alfred Hatcher died on the 4th August 1918 and Edward Savory died in
Malta on the 20th November 1918. Both were victims of the influenza epidemic.
Walter Jarmain was killed on 7 March 1916 when HMS Coquette hit a mine off
Harwich.
Lance sergeant George Hall RMLI died of his wounds over night and is included in
appendix 2
You will note that a large number of Royal Marine Light Infantry are amongst the
dead. Not only did they man half the ship’s guns but were in the magazines working the
ammunition hoists. Thus they like many of the stokers were in the bowels of the ship and
had little chance of abandoning ship.
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AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE,
THE SAILORS AND THE ROYAL MARINES ARE SAID TO CROSS
THE HARBOUR BAR.
THEY ONLY DIE IF THEY ARE FORGOTTEN.
SO PLEASE READ THEIR STORIES THAT THEY MAY BE
REMEMBERED.
THE BOOK IS THEREFORE FREE TO DOWNLOAD
Compiled by E J. SPARROW July 2014
Re-issued 2015
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INDEX
PREFACE PAGE 2
PRE-WAR PAGE 6
LIVE BAIT SQUADRON PAGE 7
POLICY REVIEW PAGE 9
EVENTS OF 15TH
OCTOBER 1914 PAGE 10
COMMEMORATION PAGE 10
ADMIRALTY STATEMENT PAGE 11
OTHER PRESS REPORTS PAGE 12
RESTING PLACE PAGE 15
THE ADMIRALTY’S COMMENTS ON THE INCIDENT PAGE 15
POSTSCRIPT PAGE 15
APPENDIX 1 PAGE 17
MEMBERS OF THE CREW 18 YEARS OLD OR UNDER KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE SINKING
OF HMS HAWKE
APPENDIX 2 PAGE 26
SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE CREW LOST ON 15TH
FEBRUARY 1914
APPENDIX 3 THE SURVIVORS PAGE 83
APPENDIX 4 LETTERS TO THE CAPTAIN’S WIDOW PAGE 93
EDITORS NOTE PAGE 96
SOURCES PAGE 96
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HMS HAWKE PRE-WAR
In February 1913, Hawke joined the training squadron based at Queenstown, Ireland (now
known as Cobh), where she served along with most of the rest of the Edgar class.
HMS Hawke had attended the Spithead Review on the 18th
July 1914 by King George V
Her crew were reservists and young cadets. Thereafter the ships were not stood down but
were held in readiness against the probability of war.
In August 1914, on the outbreak of the First World War, Hawke, together with the other
Edgars from Queenstown, formed the 10th Cruiser Squadron, operating on blockade duties
between the Shetland Islands and Norway. In October 1914, the 10th Cruiser Squadron was
deployed further south in the North Sea as part of efforts to stop German warships from
attacking a troop convoy from Canada. On 15 October, the squadron was on patrol off
Aberdeen.
To appreciate fully the disaster that befell HMS Hawke in October 1914 it is worth going
back to a disaster that struck three old cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy
less than a month before. They were nicknamed the “Live Bait Squadron”
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THE LIVE BAIT SQUADRON
During the early months of World War 1 the Royal Navy maintained a patrol
of old Cressy class armoured cruisers, known as Cruiser Force C, in the area of the North Sea
known as the Broad Fourteens. There was opposition to this patrol from many senior
officers, including Admiral Jellicoe and Commodores Keyes and Tyrwhitt, on the grounds
that the ships were very vulnerable to a raid by modern German surface ships and the patrol
was nick named the "live bait squadron". The Admiralty maintained the patrol on the
grounds that destroyers were not able to maintain the patrol in the frequent bad weather
and that there were insufficient modern light cruisers available. In the early hours of
September 20th 1914 the cruisers HMS Euryalus, HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy
were preparing to go on patrol under Rear Admiral Christian in Euryalus. Normally the patrol
was under command of Rear Admiral Campbell in HMS Bacchantes but he was absent so
Christian helped fill the gap although he had other duties. The weather was too bad for
destroyers to be at sea and unfortunately Euryalus had to drop out due to lack of coal and
weather damage to her wireless, Rear Admiral Christian had to remain with his ship rather
than transfer to another ship as the weather was too bad to transfer. He delegated
command to Captain Drummond in Aboukir although he did not make it clear that
Drummond had the authority to order the destroyers to go to sea, if the weather improved,
which it did towards the end of September 21st.
Tuesday, 22 September 1914 sinking of the 3 cruisers HMS Aboukir, Hogue, and
Cressy off the Dutch coast by U.9 being sunk one by one as each ship went in turn to the
assistance of their sisters.
“Early on September 22nd 1914 the German submarine U9 under the command of
Commander Otto Weddigen sighted the Cressy, Aboukir and Hogue steaming NNE at 10
knots without zigzagging. Although the patrols were supposed to maintain 12-13 knots and
zigzag, the old cruisers were unable to maintain that speed. Also the zigzagging order was
widely ignored as there had been no submarines sighted in the area during the war.
U9 manoeuvred to attack and at about 6.25 AM fired a single torpedo at Aboukir,
which struck her on her port side. Aboukir rapidly suffered heavy flooding and despite
counter flooding developed a 20 degree list and lost engine power. It was soon clear that
she was a lost cause and Captain Drummond ordered her to be abandoned. However, only
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one boat had survived the attack, so most of the crew had to jump into the sea. At first
Drummond thought that Aboukir had been mined and signalled the other two cruisers to
close and assist but he soon realised that it was a torpedo attack and ordered the other
cruisers away, but too late.
As Aboukir rolled over and sank, half an hour after being attacked, U9 fired two
torpedoes at HMS Hogue that hit her amidships and rapidly flooded her engine room.
Captain Nicholson of Hogue had stopped the ship to lower boats to rescue the crew of
Aboukir, thinking that as he was the other side of Aboukir from U9 he would be safe.
Unfortunately U9 had manoeuvred around Aboukir and attacked Hogue from a range of
only 300 yards. The firing of two torpedoes affected the trim of U9, which broke the
surface briefly and was fired on by Hogue without effect. It only took Hogue ten minutes
to sink as U9 headed for HMS Cressy. Cressy, under Captain Johnson, had also stopped to
lower boats but got underway on sighting a periscope. At about 7.20 AM however U9 fired
two torpedoes, one of which just missed but the other hit Cressy on her starboard side,
Cressy briefly firing on U9s periscope with no effect. The damage to Cressy was not fatal
but U9 turned round and fired her last torpedo, which hit Cressy sinking her within a quarter
of an hour.
Survivors were picked up by several nearby merchant ships including the Dutch Flora
and Titan and the British trawlers JGC and Corainder before the Harwich force of light
cruisers and destroyers arrived. Flora returned to Holland with 286 rescued crew, who were
quickly returned to Britain even though the neutral Dutch should have interned them. In all
837 men were rescued but 1459 died, many of which were reservists or cadets.”
HMS ABOUKIR HMS HOGUE
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HMS CRESSY OTTO WEDDIGEN
U 9
Crew of U9, decorated with the Iron Cross for their successful record
POLICY REVIEW
The need to continue using the squadron of old cruisers was considered worthwhile
but in future the ships would zig zag, sail at higher speed – 8 knots, have a destroyer escort
and not stop to pick up survivors.
Sadly on the 15th
October the fateful day HMS Hawke was out with another old
cruiser HMS Theseus without a destroyer escort.
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EVENTS OF 15th
OCTOBER 1914
H.M.S. Hawke was an old armoured cruiser operating as part of the 10th Cruiser
Squadron assigned to the Northern Patrol. She had originally been launched at Chatham in
1891 and was one of the oldest ships still in service. H.M.S. Hawke was being used as a
training ship and had many young cadets on board. She had been re-commissioned in
February 1913 with a nucleus crew and had come up to her full complement on the
outbreak of war in August 1914. During September 1914, she had visited Lerwick.
On the fateful day she was in the northern waters of the North Sea with a similar
ship, H.M.S. Theseus when they were attacked. They were operating on October 15th 1914
without a destroyer screen. Unfortunately they were slower than the submarine U9, which
was tracking them. Their position was some 60 miles off Aberdeen. At the time, H.M.S.
Hawke had just turned to intercept a neutral Norwegian collier.
The U-Boat Commander was again Lieutenant Weddigen. He missed the Theseus
with his first torpedo but unfortunately hit H.M.S. Hawke amidships near a magazine. The
detonation was followed by a second terrific explosion, in which a large number of the crew
were killed. The ship sank within 5 minutes and was only able to launch one ship's boat. Five
hundred and twenty five perished. Only the 49 men in the long boat were saved. They were
picked up 3 hours later by a Norwegian steamer.
H.M.S. Theseus was under strict Admiralty orders not to attempt to pick up survivors
because of the earlier disaster on the 22nd September 1914.
However, had they had sufficient time to launch other lifeboats from H.M.S. Hawke,
then undoubtedly more would have been saved by the Norwegians.
COMMEMORATION
Naval Memorials at Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth where they are commemorated
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THE ADMIRALTY’S COMMENTS ON
HMS Hawke sunk by German submarine
The Secretary of the Admiralty made the following announcement through the Press
Bureau yesterday at noon: - H.M.S. Theseus (Captain Hugh Edwards, R.N.) was attacked by
submarine in the northern waters of the North Sea yesterday afternoon, but was missed.
H.M.S. Hawke (Captain Hugh P. E. Williams, R.N.) was attacked at about the same
time, and was sunk.
U9’s Track
COMMENTS ON THE INCIDENT The Guardian, 17 October 1914
Torpedoed in the North Sea
HMS Hawke sunk by German submarine
Lamentable loss of life
By Archibald Hurd Saturday October 17, 1914
The Secretary of the Admiralty made the following announcement through the Press
H.M.S. Theseus (Captain Hugh Edwards, R.N.) was attacked by
northern waters of the North Sea yesterday afternoon, but was missed.
H.M.S. Hawke (Captain Hugh P. E. Williams, R.N.) was attacked at about the same
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The Guardian, 17 October 1914
Saturday October 17, 1914
The Secretary of the Admiralty made the following announcement through the Press
H.M.S. Theseus (Captain Hugh Edwards, R.N.) was attacked by
northern waters of the North Sea yesterday afternoon, but was missed.
H.M.S. Hawke (Captain Hugh P. E. Williams, R.N.) was attacked at about the same
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The following officers, together with 49 men of the crew, have been landed at Aberdeen
from a trawler: - Mr. Sidney Austin, boatswain. Mr. James Dennis gunner. Mr. Harry C. T.
Evitt, acting gunner
The remaining officers and men are missing. Further particulars will be published as
soon as they are available.
H.M.S. Hawke was a cruiser built in 1889.
At 8.25 last night the Secretary of the Admiralty issued through the Press Bureau the
following further announcement:- Lieutenant Command (G.) Robert R. Rosoman and 20 men
have been saved from a raft. The Hawke and Theseus were sister ships, protected cruisers,
and together with the Edgar, Endymion, Crescent, Gibraltar, Grafton, and Royal Arthur they
formed the Tenth Cruiser Squadron attached to the Third Fleet.
These are the oldest ships on the effective list, and their chief use recently has been
for instructional duties. They are of similar size, equipment, and speed. The Hawke displaced
7,350 tons, steamed 20 knots when new, and carried two 9.2inch and ten 6inch guns for
principal armament. Launched in 1891 at Chatham, she was completed two years later at a
cost of £400,702.
She was commissioned the same year and spent some time in the Mediterranean.
She was last re-commissioned in February last year with a nucleus crew, and most of her
present officers joined her in August last. Her full complement was 544 officers and men, but
there is no official information as to the number actually on board on Thursday.
The Hawke, it will be remembered, collided with the White Star liner Olympic in the
Solent on September 20, 1911, when undergoing steam trials after refitting. Both vessels
were damaged, the cruiser requiring a new stern. The incident led to litigation which is not
ended yet, an appeal against the decision of the Admiralty Court in reference to liability for
the damage being yesterday set down for hearing in the House of Lords on Tuesday next.
OTHER PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sank in five minutes
The Aberdeen correspondent of the "Evening Standard" reported yesterday that the steam
trawler Ben Rinnes landed at Aberdeen yesterday morning 58 survivors of the crew of the
Hawke. The cruiser (he added) was torpedoed on Thursday, and sank in about five minutes.
Captain John Cormack (presumably of the trawler) stated that he took the survivors off a
Norwegian steamer on Thursday night.
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BEN RINNES
The survivors had escaped in an over-crowded boat, but nothing could be done to save those
floating in the water with cork jackets or on rafts. The periscope of the submarine
disappeared directly after the explosion.
A Peterhead report in the London "Evening News" states that a Swedish vessel made an
attempt to assist in saving the cruiser's crew, but had to "clear out."
The deadly torpedo “Manchester Guardian" and "Daily Telegraph" war service.
We have to deplore another success by a German submarine. The official particulars
at present available are very scanty. It appears that the cruisers Theseus and Hawke, sister
vessels, were on patrol duty "in the northern waters of the North Sea" when they were
attacked by under-water vessels.
The torpedo - or torpedoes - aimed at the former ship did not hit her. About the same time
the Hawke became the target of the enemy, and she was struck - sinking, it is stated, in four
or five minutes. We could spare the ship, for she was old, but we could not spare the officers
and men of the ship, for they were in the very prime of life.
The loss of life - apparently between 450 and 500 have been drowned - is a cause of sorrow
which we cannot conceal. Once more, as when the Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy went down,
the questions will be asked, "Should these cadets, even though rated as midshipmen, be
afloat? Is their presence necessary?" Would it not be better if they completed their training,
so that when the war is over we may have young officers to take up the duties which others
have had to relinquish - to fill, in fact, the gaps in the fleet at sea?
It is a matter on which there is room for difference of opinion. It is, however, the custom of
the navy for budding officers to be on board ship in war time. This is one of those matters
which are "service." The navy has its own customs and standards. There are nearly 1,000
Midshipmen and cadets in his Majesty's ships.
Two other members of Hawke’s crew later described to newspapers the destruction of
their ship
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One report read:- “We were struck right amid ships between the two funnels, quite close to
one of the magazines. All hands were on deck, and it was a terrible explosion.
“The vessel immediately took a heavy list to starboard. I have never been on a ship so well
equipped with life saving apparatus, but the way the vessel heeled over made it almost
impossible to get the boats out.
“The boat in which I was saved had a narrow escape from being taken down with the
suction.
“We were struck about 11o’clock in the forenoon, and just as we got away from the Hawke,
we distinctly saw the periscope of the enemy’s submarine come to the surface.
“We thought he was going to ram us, but apparently he was on the lookout for any other
rescuing vessels.
“Prior to the accident the Hawke was cruising about zigzag fashion, and we never saw the
submarine until we felt her. “It was beginning to get hazy when we were almost run down by
the Norwegian steamer which picked us up. This boat, after affecting the rescue, cruised
about in search of the rafts, but nothing was seen.”
The other report said:-
While destroyers were despatched to look for survivors, HMS Swift was the first naval ship to
arrive at the wreckage, early morning the following day.
Swift had picked up only seven survivors off two rafts by 9.30am.
After the rescue it is said a “fierce exchange” took place between the Swift and two U-boats
that had been lying in wait, fortunately without damage to the destroyer.
Later the Swift’s Captain, Charles Wintour, addressed the ship’s company on methods used
by German submarines, concluding that “.....and remember, when we go into action with the
fleet, that five hundred good hands have gone to the bottom. Harden your hearts
gentlemen, harden your hearts.”
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The Hawke's rapid sinking
The Hawke and her sister ship were well-designed cruisers, as good ships as any for which
the late Sir William White was responsible, with a speed originally of about 20 knots, which
had since fallen off. They were given protective decks varying in thickness from three to five
inches, and they were well subdivided. The hulls of the Hawke consisted of no fewer than 192
compartments, and there were 98 watertight doors. Apparently she was struck near a
magazine.
If this were the case it helps to explain the rapidity with which she sank, for to the damage
done by the enemy's torpedo would be added the injury due to the simultaneous explosion of
the ship's own charges. If this were not a fact it would be difficult to understand how a vessel
so well designed and built, though old, could, with her watertight doors closed, go to the
bottom so quickly. It has already been suggested that the German torpedoes are far more
deadly than any in other navies owing to the use of an explosive known as "T.N.T."
It must now be concluded either that the Germans have been exceedingly fortunate in
hitting the most vulnerable parts of the ships we have lost, or that they possess in their
explosive an agent far more deadly than was known. Certainly the experience of war has not
confirmed the comfortable conclusions of peace.
It was assumed that under the attack of a single torpedo no ship such as the Hawke, except
she was struck near a magazine, could be sunk. She would, it was conjectured, get a list to
port or starboard or go down somewhat ahead or astern. Happily, in designing our latest
ships, far more complete precautions were taken against the peril of the torpedo. The main
bulkheads are solid, without a single door which may or may not be closed in case of a
sudden emergency and which may or may not resist the pressure of an immense volume of
water.”
HER RESTING PLACE
“HMS Hawke was a first class British cruiser. 360 x 60 feet. Sunk by the German submarine
U-9 in October of 1914. Only 49 men saved out of 500. She lies at 57 47′ 05″ x 00 11′ 50″.
There was some doubt about her position as there was thought to be a substantial wreck
nearby. We determined that the second target was actually two ships, the largest only 120′
in length. Their position is 57 48′ 45″ x 00 10′ 48″.reference(11)
POSTSCRIPT
On March 18th 1915, Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen, now commanding the U-29, was
manoeuvring for a shot at the modern British warship HMS Dreadnought when the ship’s
lookouts spotted the periscope, and just seven minutes later the 17,900 ton Dreadnought,
travelling at eighteen knots, rammed into the U-boat raising the bows out of the water. The
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identifying number was clearly visibly as the Dreadnought sliced through the submarine,
there were no survivors. U-9 was the only U
identifying number was clearly visibly as the Dreadnought sliced through the submarine,
9 was the only U-Boat to survive the war.
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identifying number was clearly visibly as the Dreadnought sliced through the submarine,
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MEMBERS OF THE CREW 18 YEARS OLD OR UNDER KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE SINKING
ADAMS, Clare Robert. Official Number: J27420. Place of Birth: Enniskillen, Fermanagh. Date
of Birth: 15 January 1898 Age-
ADAMSON, Walter Benjamin. Official Number: J27366. Place of Birth: Halesworth, Suffolk.
Date of Birth: 06 November 1897
AINGER, Harold. Official Number: J27513.
Date of Birth: 17 November 1897.
Mistley, Essex
ALLEN, Marshall Claude. Official Number: J22871.
Date of Birth: 09 December 1896
Berechurch, Colchester, Essex
ALLOWAY, William Henry. Official Number: J24691.
Devon. Date of Birth: 21 December 1897
St., Devonport.
ATTREE, Ernest Charles. Official Number: J27515.
Date of Birth: 17 February 1898
Bampfield Street, Southern Cross, Portslade,
BARTER, Harry Stanley. Official N
Middlesex. Date of Birth: 16 February 1898
BASSETT, Victor Charles. Official Number: J26732. Place of Birth:
Leicester, Leicestershire. Date of Birth: 27 February 1897
APPENDIX 1
THE CREW 18 YEARS OLD OR UNDER KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE SINKING
OF HMS HAWKE
Clare Robert. Official Number: J27420. Place of Birth: Enniskillen, Fermanagh. Date
-16 Boy 1st
class, Lived at 2 Lomond Grove, Camberwell
, Walter Benjamin. Official Number: J27366. Place of Birth: Halesworth, Suffolk.
Date of Birth: 06 November 1897 Boy 1st
class
Harold. Official Number: J27513. Boy 1st
class Place of Birth: Manningtree, Essex.
Date of Birth: 17 November 1897. Son of Charles and Annie E. Ainger, of Horsley Cross,
Marshall Claude. Official Number: J22871. Boy 1st
class Place of Birth: Thorpe, Essex.
Date of Birth: 09 December 1896. He was the son of Bathsheba Jane Goodwin, of
lchester, Essex
, William Henry. Official Number: J24691. Boy 1st
class Place of Birth: Devonport,
Devon. Date of Birth: 21 December 1897 Son of William and Emma Alloway, of 31, Renown
Ernest Charles. Official Number: J27515. Boy 1st
class Place of Birth: Hove, Sussex.
Date of Birth: 17 February 1898. Aged 16. Son of Frank Charles and Martha Kate Attree of 2,
Bampfield Street, Southern Cross, Portslade,
Harry Stanley. Official Number: J26050. Boy 1st
class Place of Birth: Brentford,
Middlesex. Date of Birth: 16 February 1898. Age-16 Lived at 47 Staines Road, Twickenham
Victor Charles. Official Number: J26732. Place of Birth:
Leicester, Leicestershire. Date of Birth: 27 February 1897 Boy 1st
class
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THE CREW 18 YEARS OLD OR UNDER KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE SINKING
Clare Robert. Official Number: J27420. Place of Birth: Enniskillen, Fermanagh. Date
2 Lomond Grove, Camberwell
, Walter Benjamin. Official Number: J27366. Place of Birth: Halesworth, Suffolk.
Place of Birth: Manningtree, Essex.
Son of Charles and Annie E. Ainger, of Horsley Cross,
Place of Birth: Thorpe, Essex.
He was the son of Bathsheba Jane Goodwin, of
Place of Birth: Devonport,
Son of William and Emma Alloway, of 31, Renown
Place of Birth: Hove, Sussex.
Aged 16. Son of Frank Charles and Martha Kate Attree of 2,
Place of Birth: Brentford,
47 Staines Road, Twickenham
Victor Charles. Official Number: J26732. Place of Birth:
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BEER, George Henry. Official Number: J23495. Place of Birth: Devonport, Devon. Date of
Birth: 16 August 1897. Son of the late George Henry and Sarah Jane Beer, of Plymouth
BEVIS, Edward Alfred Frank. Official Number: J26776. Place of Birth: Hastings, Sussex. Date
of Birth: 08 January 1897. Son of Edward Alfred Bevis, of 2, Swan Avenue, Hastings
BISHOP, Albert Edward. Official Number: J24353. Place of Birth: Hendon,
Middlesex. Date of Birth: 27 October 1897 Signal Boy Son of Albert Edward and Edith Agnes
Bishop, of Borroughs House, the Borroughs, Hendon, London
BLATHERWICK, Henry Thompson. Official Number: J26731. Place of Birth: Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire. Date of Birth: 14 November 1897. Boy 1st
class
BOOTH, George Thomas. Official Number: J24708. Place of Birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Date of Birth: 20 January 1898. Boy 1st
class
BUCKLEY, Moses Miller Shaw. Official Number: J24636. Place of Birth: Glasgow. Date of
Birth: 01 October 1896. Boy 1st
class
CASH, George Richard. Official Number: J26705. Place of Birth: Spitalfields, London. Date of
Birth: 12 May 1898 Boy 1st
class
CHALMERS, William Robert. Official Number: J24697. Place of Birth: Gosport, Hampshire.
Date of Birth: 07 December 1897. Son of Robert McK. and Mary Ellen Chalmers, of II, Linton
Street Leicester. Boy 1st
class
CHEYNEY, Sidney Bernard. Official Number: J26788. Place of Birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Date of Birth: 24 June 1897. Boy 1st
class Son of Lieut. James Walter John Cheyney, R.N., of
114, York Drive, Hyndland, Glasgow
COLLINS, Herbert Charles. Official Number: J25469. Place of Birth: Neath, Glamorgan. Date
of Birth: 30 September 1897 Boy 1st
class
COTTON, Henry Albert. Official Number: J26631. Place of Birth: Shepherd's Bush, London.
Date of Birth: 14 November 1896. Age-18 38 Stowe Road, Shepherd's Bush Boy 1st
class
DAVIS, Ernest George Frank, Bugler, RMLI, 17054 (Ch) Age: 18: Adopted
son of Mrs. J. S. Webster, of 112, Castle Rd., Luton,
DAY, Aubrey Oliver Fisher. Official Number: J27367. Place of Birth: Luton, Bedfordshire. Date
of Birth: 15 April 1 Boy 1st
class Son of Belle Mahome Emily Redding (formerly Day), of 4,
Gatcombe Terrace, Copnor, Portsmouth
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DICKSON, David Angus. Date of Birth: 17 August 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
enrolment: May 1910. Born Marlow BUCKS
Dickson. Parent's occupation Dr of Medicine; surgeon Parents’ Address (last known) The
Gables, Marlow
EDWARDS, Albert George. Official Number: J27375. Place of Birth: Manchester, Lancashire.
Date of Birth: 09 January 1897
FARNDON, William. Official Number: J26735. Place of Birth: Leicester, Leicestershire. Date
of Birth: 27 July 1897. Boy 1st
class
Leicester
FAULKS, Philip Albert. Official Number: J27543. Place of Birth: Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Date of Birth: 05 June 1897. Boy 1
St., Loughborough, Leicester
FISK, Albert Arthur. Official Number: J26689. Place of Birth: S
Birth: 27 December 1897. Boy 1
FLOCKHART, Adam. Official Number: J27403. Place of Birth: Newcastle, Northumberland.
Date of Birth: 28 September 1897
Prudhoe St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
FOOTITT, Jack Frederick Lionel. Official Number: J27414. Place of Birth: Paddington, London.
Date of Birth: 07 March 1897 Boy 1
Newmarket St., Hereford, and the late Annie Footitt
FRENCH Arthur Robert. Official Number: J26373. Place of Birth: Poplar, London. Date of
Birth: 08 November 1897. Boy 1
Poplar
FRIEND, Harry Edwin. Official Number: J27538. Place of Birth: Wye, Kent. Date of Birth: 31
January 1897. Boy 1st
class Son of Edwin and Maggie Friend, of Durlock Lodge, Minster,
Ramsgate
HANCOCK, Albert Edward. Official Number: J24704. Place of Birth: Gosport, Ha
Date of Birth: 10 January 1898.
HASTINGS, Frederick Stewart. Official Number: J27391. Place of Birth: Chelsea, London.
Date of Birth: 18 June 1897 Boy 1
13, Union St., Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey
HENLEY, Frank. Official Number: J23584. Place of Birth: Nottingham. Date of Birth: 27 April
1897. Boy 1st
class
, David Angus. Date of Birth: 17 August 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
Marlow BUCKS His parents were John Dunbar & Emily Margaret
Parent's occupation Dr of Medicine; surgeon Parents’ Address (last known) The
Albert George. Official Number: J27375. Place of Birth: Manchester, Lancashire.
9 January 1897. Boy 1st
class
William. Official Number: J26735. Place of Birth: Leicester, Leicestershire. Date
class Son of Ephraim and Julia Farndon, of 16, Tewkesbury St.,
Official Number: J27543. Place of Birth: Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Boy 1st
class Son of John Thomas and Ellen Faulks, of 4,
Albert Arthur. Official Number: J26689. Place of Birth: Stowmarket, Suffolk. Date of
Boy 1st
class
Adam. Official Number: J27403. Place of Birth: Newcastle, Northumberland.
Date of Birth: 28 September 1897 Boy 1st
class Son of John and Margaret Flockhart, of 29,
Tyne.
Jack Frederick Lionel. Official Number: J27414. Place of Birth: Paddington, London.
Boy 1st
class Son of Albert Footitt, of "The Globe Inn,"
Newmarket St., Hereford, and the late Annie Footitt
Arthur Robert. Official Number: J26373. Place of Birth: Poplar, London. Date of
Boy 1st
class Home address 6 Johnson's Buildings, Kirby Street,
Harry Edwin. Official Number: J27538. Place of Birth: Wye, Kent. Date of Birth: 31
Son of Edwin and Maggie Friend, of Durlock Lodge, Minster,
Albert Edward. Official Number: J24704. Place of Birth: Gosport, Ha
Date of Birth: 10 January 1898. Boy 1st
class
Frederick Stewart. Official Number: J27391. Place of Birth: Chelsea, London.
Boy 1st
class Son of Frederick Herbert and Charlotte Hastings, of
Thames, Surrey
Frank. Official Number: J23584. Place of Birth: Nottingham. Date of Birth: 27 April
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, David Angus. Date of Birth: 17 August 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
John Dunbar & Emily Margaret
Parent's occupation Dr of Medicine; surgeon Parents’ Address (last known) The
Albert George. Official Number: J27375. Place of Birth: Manchester, Lancashire.
William. Official Number: J26735. Place of Birth: Leicester, Leicestershire. Date
Son of Ephraim and Julia Farndon, of 16, Tewkesbury St.,
Official Number: J27543. Place of Birth: Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Son of John Thomas and Ellen Faulks, of 4, Cobden
towmarket, Suffolk. Date of
Adam. Official Number: J27403. Place of Birth: Newcastle, Northumberland.
Son of John and Margaret Flockhart, of 29,
Jack Frederick Lionel. Official Number: J27414. Place of Birth: Paddington, London.
Son of Albert Footitt, of "The Globe Inn,"
Arthur Robert. Official Number: J26373. Place of Birth: Poplar, London. Date of
6 Johnson's Buildings, Kirby Street,
Harry Edwin. Official Number: J27538. Place of Birth: Wye, Kent. Date of Birth: 31
Son of Edwin and Maggie Friend, of Durlock Lodge, Minster,
Albert Edward. Official Number: J24704. Place of Birth: Gosport, Hampshire.
Frederick Stewart. Official Number: J27391. Place of Birth: Chelsea, London.
Son of Frederick Herbert and Charlotte Hastings, of
Frank. Official Number: J23584. Place of Birth: Nottingham. Date of Birth: 27 April
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INGLES-CHAMBERLAYNE
Midshipman. Date of enrolment: May 1910
Hyde, Stow on the Wold
JERRAM, Harry Escombe Ravenhill. Date of Birth: 31 August 1897. Rank:
Midshipman. Date of enrolment: May 1910
Anna Christina Jerram, of The Chantry,
JEFFREY, Wilfred Allan. Official Number: J28350. Place of Birth: Littlehampton, Sussex. Date
of Birth: 06 December 1896. Boy 1
North Town, Aldershot.
JOYCE, Levi Harold. Official Number:
Date of Birth: 27 November 1897
Joyce, of 76, Fieldgroves, Bryanston, Blandford, Dorset
KEITH, Clive Arthur. Date of Birth: 10 July 1897. Rank:
enrolment: May 1910. Younger son of Florence E. Keith, and the late A. W. Keith
KEMPSON, John Reginald. Date of Birth: 17 June 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
enrolment: May 1910.Born Leicester
LATTEY, Alexander Davidson. Date of Birth: 24 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date
of enrolment: May 1910. Born
LEAMAN, Joseph Herbert. Official Number: J26743. Place of Birth: Fulham, London. Date of
Birth: 29 January 1898. Boy 1st
LEWIS JONES, Henry Platen. Date of Birth: 06 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
enrolment: May 1910.
LIDBETTER, Albert William. Official Number: J24716. Place of Birth: Worthing, Sussex. Date
of Birth: 18 June 1897 Boy 1st
HAMBERLAYNE, Rupert Henry. Date of Birth: 04 July 1897. Rank:
Midshipman. Date of enrolment: May 1910. Only son of Mrs Ingles Chamberlayne of The
Harry Escombe Ravenhill. Date of Birth: 31 August 1897. Rank:
Midshipman. Date of enrolment: May 1910 Son of the Rev. Arnold Escombe Jerram and
Anna Christina Jerram, of The Chantry, Worcester
Wilfred Allan. Official Number: J28350. Place of Birth: Littlehampton, Sussex. Date
Boy 1st
class Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery, of 5, Oakley Terrace,
Levi Harold. Official Number: J25447. Place of Birth: Sturminster Newton, Down.
Date of Birth: 27 November 1897 Boy 1st
class J2544 Son of Owen George and Sarah Ann
Joyce, of 76, Fieldgroves, Bryanston, Blandford, Dorset
, Clive Arthur. Date of Birth: 10 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
Younger son of Florence E. Keith, and the late A. W. Keith
, John Reginald. Date of Birth: 17 June 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
Born Leicester on SHERINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL Norfolk
Alexander Davidson. Date of Birth: 24 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date
Born Warwick Southam
, Joseph Herbert. Official Number: J26743. Place of Birth: Fulham, London. Date of st
class
Henry Platen. Date of Birth: 06 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
Albert William. Official Number: J24716. Place of Birth: Worthing, Sussex. Date
class
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, Rupert Henry. Date of Birth: 04 July 1897. Rank:
son of Mrs Ingles Chamberlayne of The
Harry Escombe Ravenhill. Date of Birth: 31 August 1897. Rank:
Son of the Rev. Arnold Escombe Jerram and
Wilfred Allan. Official Number: J28350. Place of Birth: Littlehampton, Sussex. Date
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery, of 5, Oakley Terrace,
J25447. Place of Birth: Sturminster Newton, Down.
Son of Owen George and Sarah Ann
Midshipman. Date of
Younger son of Florence E. Keith, and the late A. W. Keith
, John Reginald. Date of Birth: 17 June 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
Norfolk
Alexander Davidson. Date of Birth: 24 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date
, Joseph Herbert. Official Number: J26743. Place of Birth: Fulham, London. Date of
Henry Platen. Date of Birth: 06 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
Albert William. Official Number: J24716. Place of Birth: Worthing, Sussex. Date
[Type text]
LINDSAY, David Saunders Brown.
Lanarkshire. Date of Birth: 24 April 1897
MACFARLANE, Robert Craig. Date of Birth: 05 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
enrolment: May 1910. Born Yorks Darrington
school in Eastbourne
MADDISON, Alfred. Official Number: J26723. Place of Birth: York, Yorkshire. Date of Birth:
22 December 1897. Boy 1st
class
MARKQUICK, Arthur Christian. Official Number: J23520. Place of Birth: Leyton, Essex. Dat
of Birth: 03 April 1897. Boy 1st
Road, Southend.
MAYLIN
Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Date of Birth: 28 December 1896
Frederick George and Ellen Malin, of Wooburn Town, Bucks.
McCREADIE, Charles. Official Number: J26680. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Date of
Birth: 31 August 1897. Boy 1st
Glasgow.
MOODY, Robert Ronald. Official Number: J24634. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of
Birth: 04 March 1898. Boy 1st
Willerby, Hull
MOORHOUSE, William Appleyard. Official Number: J26717. Pla
Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 02 May 1898.
MYERS, Sidney. Official Number: J24128. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 24
June 1897. Boy 1st
class Son of William and Sophia Myers, of 39, Lorraine St., Stoneferr
Hull
David Saunders Brown. Official Number: J26630. Place of Birth: Blantyre,
Lanarkshire. Date of Birth: 24 April 1897 Boy 1st
class
Robert Craig. Date of Birth: 05 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
Yorks Darrington. He was a former pupil of Ascham St Vincent's
, Alfred. Official Number: J26723. Place of Birth: York, Yorkshire. Date of Birth:
class
Arthur Christian. Official Number: J23520. Place of Birth: Leyton, Essex. Datst
class Son of John C. and Ellen Markquick ”Oakleigh”, Sutton
AYLIN, Frederick Francis. Official Number: J26753. Place of Birth:
Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Date of Birth: 28 December 1896 Boy 1st
Frederick George and Ellen Malin, of Wooburn Town, Bucks.
Charles. Official Number: J26680. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Date of
class Son of Charles and Mary McCreadie, of 147, Reidvale St.,
, Robert Ronald. Official Number: J24634. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of
class Son of John and Ada Moody, of De la Pole Villas,
William Appleyard. Official Number: J26717. Place of Birth: Wakefield,
Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 02 May 1898. Boy 1st
class
, Sidney. Official Number: J24128. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 24
Son of William and Sophia Myers, of 39, Lorraine St., Stoneferr
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Official Number: J26630. Place of Birth: Blantyre,
Robert Craig. Date of Birth: 05 July 1897. Rank: Midshipman. Date of
of Ascham St Vincent's
, Alfred. Official Number: J26723. Place of Birth: York, Yorkshire. Date of Birth:
Arthur Christian. Official Number: J23520. Place of Birth: Leyton, Essex. Date
”Oakleigh”, Sutton
Frederick Francis. Official Number: J26753. Place of Birth:
class Son of
Charles. Official Number: J26680. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Date of
Son of Charles and Mary McCreadie, of 147, Reidvale St.,
, Robert Ronald. Official Number: J24634. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of
Son of John and Ada Moody, of De la Pole Villas,
ce of Birth: Wakefield,
, Sidney. Official Number: J24128. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 24
Son of William and Sophia Myers, of 39, Lorraine St., Stoneferry,
[Type text]
NICHOLLS
Birth: Leysdown Coast Guard Cottages Isle of Sheppy
class His brother Sidney was killed on 23
NIXON, William. Official Number: J26752. Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire. Date of
Birth: 27 March 1897. Boy 1st
Blackburn.
PALMER, George Edward. Official Number: J23449. Place of Birth: Ipswich, Suf
Birth: 09 January 1897. Boy 1st
Ipswich, Suffolk.
PARDOE, Harry James. Official Number: J26738. Place of Birth: Eton, Berkshire. Date of
Birth: 18 April 1898. Boy 1st
class
Mary Pardoe, Parent's occupation
1901: 51 High Street Eton Brother of Edward Pardoe, of Church Lodge, Clewer Village,
Windsor
PAYNE, Albert John. Official Number: J27539. Place of Birth: Oxford. Date of Birth: 03 March
1897. . Boy 1st
class
PERRETT, William Nelson. Official Number: J24698. Place of Birth: Gillingham, Kent. Date of
Birth: 07 December 1897. Boy 1
POLLARD, Clifford. Official Number: J23543. Place of Birth: Holmfirth, Yorkshire. Date of
Birth: 15 March 1897. Boy 1st
POTTER, Victor James. Official Number: J25352. Place of Birth: Sutton, Surrey. Date of Birth:
10 July 1897. Boy 1st
class Son of William H
RAYNER, Frank. Official Number: J26354. Place of Birth: Fulham, London. Date of Birth: 28
July 1897. Aged 17. Boy 1st
class
Bocking}, 11 Munster Residences, Fulham
NICHOLLS, John William Ernest. Official Number: J26619. Place of
Leysdown Coast Guard Cottages Isle of Sheppy Date of Birth: 19 June 1898
His brother Sidney was killed on 23rd
April 1918 on the Zeebrugge Raid
William. Official Number: J26752. Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire. Date of
class Son of Elizabeth Jane Nixon, of 70, Duckworth St.,
George Edward. Official Number: J23449. Place of Birth: Ipswich, Sufst
class Son of Benjamin and Martha Palmer, of Harkstead,
, Harry James. Official Number: J26738. Place of Birth: Eton, Berkshire. Date of
class His parents were the late Henry Thomas & Flora Agnes
Parent's occupation was licensed victualler. Parents’ Address (last known)
Brother of Edward Pardoe, of Church Lodge, Clewer Village,
fficial Number: J27539. Place of Birth: Oxford. Date of Birth: 03 March
William Nelson. Official Number: J24698. Place of Birth: Gillingham, Kent. Date of
Boy 1st
class
Clifford. Official Number: J23543. Place of Birth: Holmfirth, Yorkshire. Date of
class
, Victor James. Official Number: J25352. Place of Birth: Sutton, Surrey. Date of Birth:
Son of William Henry Potter, of 23, George St., Sutton, Surrey.
Frank. Official Number: J26354. Place of Birth: Fulham, London. Date of Birth: 28
class He was the son of William Rayner a Postman {
11 Munster Residences, Fulham London.
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, John William Ernest. Official Number: J26619. Place of
Date of Birth: 19 June 1898. Boy 1st
April 1918 on the Zeebrugge Raid
William. Official Number: J26752. Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire. Date of
Son of Elizabeth Jane Nixon, of 70, Duckworth St.,
George Edward. Official Number: J23449. Place of Birth: Ipswich, Suffolk. Date of
of Benjamin and Martha Palmer, of Harkstead,
, Harry James. Official Number: J26738. Place of Birth: Eton, Berkshire. Date of
late Henry Thomas & Flora Agnes
ss (last known)
Brother of Edward Pardoe, of Church Lodge, Clewer Village,
fficial Number: J27539. Place of Birth: Oxford. Date of Birth: 03 March
William Nelson. Official Number: J24698. Place of Birth: Gillingham, Kent. Date of
Clifford. Official Number: J23543. Place of Birth: Holmfirth, Yorkshire. Date of
, Victor James. Official Number: J25352. Place of Birth: Sutton, Surrey. Date of Birth:
enry Potter, of 23, George St., Sutton, Surrey.
Frank. Official Number: J26354. Place of Birth: Fulham, London. Date of Birth: 28
a Postman {formerly of
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ROBERTS, George William. Official Number: J26650. Place of Birth: Hoxton, London. Date of
Birth: 11 November 1897. Age-15. Boy 1st
class Boy 1st
class He lived at 39, He lived at
Choumert Square, Peckham
ROGERS, Ernest John. Official Number: J27386. Place of Birth: Colchester, Essex. Date of
Birth: 19 June 1898. Boy 1st
class Son of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, of 73, New Park St., Colchester
RICHARDSON, Russell. Official Number: J25607. Place of Birth: West Ham, Essex. Date of
Birth: 06 May 1896. Boy 1st class Ordinary Signalman Age-18 Lived at 73, Lorne Road, Forest
Gate
SAWKINS, Claude Thomas. Official Number: J22753. Place of Birth: Peldon, Essex. Date of
Birth: 16 October 1897 date confirmed from church records. Boy 1st
class Claude was the
son of Oscar Joseph and Caroline Sawkins, who were long term residents of Langenhoe.
Claude's older siblings were christened at Langenhoe Church. However, Oscar moved to
Fingringhoe about the time of Claude's birth and he was christened in Fingringhoe
SEARLE, George William Augustus. Official Number: J25452. Place of Birth: West Ham, Essex.
Date of Birth: 29 March 1898 Boy 1st
class Lived at 5, Curtis Street, Church Street, West Ham
SOUTHERN, Henry Walter. Official Number: J25688. Place of Birth: Hythe, Kent. Date of
Birth: 19 April 1898. Boy 1st
class Son of Henry James and Ellen Southern, of Barrow Hill,
Sellindge, Hythe, Kent.
SPIERS, Harold Alfred. Official Number: J23568. Place of Birth: Brixton, London. Date of
Birth: 11 September 1897. Boy 1st
class Son of Henry Thomas and Mary Spiers of Victoria
Terrace, Lindfield
SPOONER, Charles Albert Victor. Official Number: J26754. Place of Birth: Brighton, Sussex.
Date of Birth: 26 June 1897 Boy 1st
class: Only son of Emily Kate Spooner, of Albury, near
Guildford, Surrey, and the late Ernest Spooner
STOKELL, Robert. Official Number: J25783. Place of Birth: Bedale, Yorkshire. Date of Birth:
06 May 1897. Boy 1st
class Son of Mrs. Eva Stokell, of 2, Clapham Yard, Northallerton, Yorks.
Native of Bedfordshire
STRAW, William Henry. Official Number: J27544. Place of Birth: Lincoln. Date of Birth: 20
November 1897. Boy 1st
class Son of William and Alice Straw, of 9, Water Lane, Lincoln
SYMES, John Borkwood. Official Number: J26728. Place of Birth: Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
Date of Birth: 13 April 1898. Age 16- Boy 1st class son of John G. and Katherine M. Symes of
101 Lord Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
TAYLOR, John Alfred. Official Number: J26367. Place of Birth: North Kensington, London.
Date of Birth: 22 August 1897. Boy 1st
class
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TURRELL, Arthur Sydney. Official Number: J23459. Place of Birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Date of Birth: 31 July 1897. Boy 1st
class Son of L. T. V. Turrell, of 51, Walden Rd., Starnshaw,
Portsmouth
WAITT, George Greenhill. Official Number: J27506. Place of Birth: Edinburgh. Date of Birth:
22 March 1897. Boy 1st
class
WARDEN, Ernest. Official Number: J24984. Place of Birth: Kings Norton, Worcestershire.
Date of Birth: 19 January 1898. Boy 1st
class Son of Edwin Hyatt Warden and Martha Emma
Warden, of 95, Midland Rd., King's Norton.
WARREN, Robert. Official Number: J25515. Place of Birth: Saint Pancras, London. Date of
Birth: 28 June 1897. Boy 1st
class Son of John and Susan Warren, of 111, Stanhope St.,
Regent's Park.
WATERMAN, Robert Albert. Official Number: J26355. Place of Birth: Bethnal Green, London.
Date of Birth: 21 October 1897 Boy 1st
class
WATTS Alfred George Bertram. Official Number: J23432. Place of Birth: Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire. Date of Birth: 28 November 1896. Boy 1st
class He was formerly patrol
leader of the Boy Scouts at Irchester. In 1912 he wanted to enlist in the 1st Northants but as
his parents were unwilling he went to work in a factory. His health suffered and he finally
joined the navy. He had a remarkable gift for carving and drawing. Some of his drawings,
which were very lifelike, secured for him a badge from the Boy Scout Headquarters. For
about three years he was a member of the choir at the Irchester Parish Church
WHITEHEAD, Alfred George. Official Number: J23867. Place of Birth:
Camberwell, London. Date of Birth: 18 January 1898. Signal Boy, Son of Alfred and Eliza
Whitehead, of 61, Worcester Rd., Higham Hill, Walthamstow, Essex
WILSON, John Joseph Dexter. Official Number: J27512. Place of Birth: Alfreton,
Nottinghamshire. Date of Birth: 26 February 1898. Boy 1st
class He moved to Top Road,
Calow with his parents; Joseph and Annie who ran the grocers shop there. Not long after
war was declared young John, joined the navy. (Boy 1st class - a boy aged 16 to 18 under
Training, who had previously served for between 9 months and 18 months rated as "boy
2nd class", shown sufficient proficiency in seamanship and accumulated at least one good
conduct badge) He was killed within weeks, drowned at sea, and his body never recovered.
He was just 16 years old
WINSHIP, Ernest. Official Number: J25790. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 22
January 1898. Boy 1st
class Son of Mary S. Winship, of 6, Cotton Terrace, Barnsley St.,
Holderness Rd., Hull; and the late George Henry Winship.
[Type text]
WINTERBOTTOM, Jack Hudson. Official Number: J26734. Place of Birth: Manchester,
Lancashire. Date of Birth: 09 November 1897
WOODLAND, Herbert Edwin. Official Number: J26779. Place of Birth: Canterbury, Kent. Date
of Birth: 21 April 1898. Boy 1st
Hill, Acol, Birchington, Thanet.
WRATTEN, William Henry. Official Number: J24625. Place of Birth: Chelsea, London. Date of
Birth: 06 July 1897 Boy 1st
class
YATES, George Walter, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 17213 (Dev) Place of Birth: Swindon,
Wiltshire. Date of Birth: 19 May 1896 Aged 18 Son of James and Elizabeth Yates, of Lugg
Vale Cottage, Stanhope St., Hereford
Jack Hudson. Official Number: J26734. Place of Birth: Manchester,
Lancashire. Date of Birth: 09 November 1897 Boy 1st
class
Herbert Edwin. Official Number: J26779. Place of Birth: Canterbury, Kent. Date st
class Son of Thomas and Ada Laurel Woodland, of Margate
Hill, Acol, Birchington, Thanet.
William Henry. Official Number: J24625. Place of Birth: Chelsea, London. Date of
class Age-17 home was 60, College Place, Chelsea
eorge Walter, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 17213 (Dev) Place of Birth: Swindon,
Wiltshire. Date of Birth: 19 May 1896 Aged 18 Son of James and Elizabeth Yates, of Lugg
Vale Cottage, Stanhope St., Hereford.
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Jack Hudson. Official Number: J26734. Place of Birth: Manchester,
Herbert Edwin. Official Number: J26779. Place of Birth: Canterbury, Kent. Date
of Thomas and Ada Laurel Woodland, of Margate
William Henry. Official Number: J24625. Place of Birth: Chelsea, London. Date of
60, College Place, Chelsea
eorge Walter, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 17213 (Dev) Place of Birth: Swindon,
Wiltshire. Date of Birth: 19 May 1896 Aged 18 Son of James and Elizabeth Yates, of Lugg
[Type text]
SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE CREW
ABBOTT, Albert. Official Number: SS99. Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 14 June 1885.
Able Seaman
ABRAM, Ernest William. Official Number: 167361. Place of Birth: Bermondsey, London.
Date of Birth: 17 January 1877. Petty Officer
AGER, James Alfred. Official Number: K19331. Place of Birth:
Birth: 25 March 1895. Stoker
AGNEW
Down. Date of Birth: 22 October 1888.
Westminster Avenue, Belfast
ALLCOCK, Henry. Official Number: SS999. Place of Birth: Clerkenwell, London. Date of Birth:
08 July 1886. Able Seaman
APPENDIX 2
SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE CREW LOST ON 15TH
FEBRUARY 1914
, Albert. Official Number: SS99. Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 14 June 1885.
Ernest William. Official Number: 167361. Place of Birth: Bermondsey, London.
Petty Officer
, James Alfred. Official Number: K19331. Place of Birth: West Ham, E
GNEW, Nathaniel. Official Number: SS105083. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Down. Date of Birth: 22 October 1888. Stoker. Son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Agnew, of 18,
Henry. Official Number: SS999. Place of Birth: Clerkenwell, London. Date of Birth:
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FEBRUARY 1914
, Albert. Official Number: SS99. Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 14 June 1885.
Ernest William. Official Number: 167361. Place of Birth: Bermondsey, London.
ssex. Date of
Nathaniel. Official Number: SS105083. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Nathaniel and Elizabeth Agnew, of 18,
Henry. Official Number: SS999. Place of Birth: Clerkenwell, London. Date of Birth:
[Type text]
Antrim. Date of Birth: 24 September 1884. Able Seaman
Greenwell St., Newtownards, Co.
ALLEN, Daniel. Official Number: 206565. Place of Birth: Kingstown, Dublin. Date of Birth: 18
January 1882. Able Seaman
ALLUM, George. Official Number: 172241. Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London. Date of
Birth: 06 March 1874. Stoker
ANDERSON, John Robert. Offici
Birth: 22 June 1864. Pensioner
ATKINSON, Alfred George. Official Number: 193724. Place of Birth: Kennington, London.
Date of Birth: 21 June 1881.
AUSTIN
British Guiana Rank: Assistant Paymaster. Date of enrolment: 15 January 1902.
Abbingdon School.
AXON, Walter Henry Official Number: 128826. Place of Birth:
18 January 1869. Ships Corporal
ALGIE, Robert. Official Number: SS40. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 24 September 1884. Able Seaman Husband of Mary J. Algie, of 124,
Greenwell St., Newtownards, Co.
Daniel. Official Number: 206565. Place of Birth: Kingstown, Dublin. Date of Birth: 18
George. Official Number: 172241. Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London. Date of
, John Robert. Official Number: 135921. Place of Birth: Northfleet, Kent. Date of
Pensioner
Alfred George. Official Number: 193724. Place of Birth: Kennington, London.
USTIN, Alan Murray. Date of Birth: 03 April 1884
Rank: Assistant Paymaster. Date of enrolment: 15 January 1902.
Official Number: 128826. Place of Birth: Romford, Essex
1869. Ships Corporal
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Robert. Official Number: SS40. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Husband of Mary J. Algie, of 124,
Daniel. Official Number: 206565. Place of Birth: Kingstown, Dublin. Date of Birth: 18
George. Official Number: 172241. Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London. Date of
al Number: 135921. Place of Birth: Northfleet, Kent. Date of
Alfred George. Official Number: 193724. Place of Birth: Kennington, London.
. Date of Birth: 03 April 1884 in Georgetown,
Rank: Assistant Paymaster. Date of enrolment: 15 January 1902. He attended
Romford, Essex. Date of Birth:
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BABER, Thomas Edward. Official Number: 154395. Place of Birth: Greenwich,
Kent. Date of Birth: 02 May 1874. Petty Officer
BALCOMB, Frederick. Official Number: 276783. Place of Birth: Lydd, Kent. Date of
Birth: 23 October 1874. Stoker Petty Officer
BALL, JAMES Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 28 Born
30 December 1884 Date of Enlistment: 04 July 1902 Service No: PLY/11659 Son of the late
William and Sarah Ball, of Warrington, Lancs; husband of Margaret Ellen Ball, of 90, Middle
St., Deal, Kent.
BARDEN, Fred Thomas. Official Number: SS102658. Place of Birth: Snodden, Kent. Date of
Birth: 14 September 1885. Stoker
BARKER, William. Official Number: SS102800. Place of Birth: Battersea, London. Date of
Birth: 21 March 1888. Stoker
BARNES, Arthur. Official Number: M6714. Place of Birth: Sittingbourne, Kent. Date of Birth:
25 October 1888. Shipwright
BARNES, Frederick. Official Number: 167803. Place of Birth: Western Cross
Dartford, Kent. Date of Birth: 06 June 1873 Stoker Petty Officer
BARNES, Herbert Plume. Official Number: SS106968. Place of Birth: Wickford, Essex. Date of
Birth: 15 December 1889 Stoker
BARNES Philip Charles. Official Number: L2874. Place of Birth: Cowley Saint Johns,
Oxfordshire. Date of Birth: 27 September 1894 Officer’s Steward
BARNES, William. Official Number: 168377. Place of Birth: Brigg, Lincolnshire. Date of Birth:
16 March 1876. Able Seaman
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BARRY, John Francis. Official Number: L4274. Place of Birth: Aghada, Cork. Date of Birth: 0
August 1889. Officer’s Steward
Cork
BARTON, John Thomas. {Served
Birth: Plumstead, Kent. Date of Birth: 27 January 1891 Stoker
BASS, HENRY Private Royal Marine Light
"Hawke." Born 23 November 1872 Date of Enlistment: 23 June 1893 Service No: PO/6800
BEAN, Samuel John. Official Number: 177884. Place of Birth: Brinsdale Eythorne, Kent. Date
of Birth: 21 September 1878 Able Seaman
BELL, David. Official Number: SS108915. Place of Birth: Ballymena,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 24 September 1887.
husband of Annie McCauley
BELLINGHAM, Thomas Henry. Official Number: K6334. Place of Birth: West Malling, Kent.
Date of Birth: 09 October 1891
BENNETT, Albert Edward. Official Number: 178486. Place of Birth: Camberwell, London.
Date of Birth: 21 August 1878. Ships Corporal
BENNETT, FRANK HENRY Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke,
Born 01 March 1883 Date of Enlistment: 27 February 1901 Service No: CH/12196
John Francis. Official Number: L4274. Place of Birth: Aghada, Cork. Date of Birth: 0
August 1889. Officer’s Steward Son of Edward and Frances Barry, of Aghada, Rostellan, Co.
Served as BARTHRAM, John T} Official Number: K5046. Place of
Birth: Plumstead, Kent. Date of Birth: 27 January 1891 Stoker
HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/H/B/1435). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 23 November 1872 Date of Enlistment: 23 June 1893 Service No: PO/6800
Samuel John. Official Number: 177884. Place of Birth: Brinsdale Eythorne, Kent. Date
September 1878 Able Seaman
David. Official Number: SS108915. Place of Birth: Ballymena,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 24 September 1887. Stoker Son of Edmond and Jane Bell, of Belfast;
Thomas Henry. Official Number: K6334. Place of Birth: West Malling, Kent.
Date of Birth: 09 October 1891 Leading Stoker
Albert Edward. Official Number: 178486. Place of Birth: Camberwell, London.
Date of Birth: 21 August 1878. Ships Corporal
, FRANK HENRY Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke,
01 March 1883 Date of Enlistment: 27 February 1901 Service No: CH/12196
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John Francis. Official Number: L4274. Place of Birth: Aghada, Cork. Date of Birth: 04
Son of Edward and Frances Barry, of Aghada, Rostellan, Co.
Official Number: K5046. Place of
RMR/H/B/1435). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 23 November 1872 Date of Enlistment: 23 June 1893 Service No: PO/6800
Samuel John. Official Number: 177884. Place of Birth: Brinsdale Eythorne, Kent. Date
David. Official Number: SS108915. Place of Birth: Ballymena,
Son of Edmond and Jane Bell, of Belfast;
Thomas Henry. Official Number: K6334. Place of Birth: West Malling, Kent.
Albert Edward. Official Number: 178486. Place of Birth: Camberwell, London.
, FRANK HENRY Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke,”
01 March 1883 Date of Enlistment: 27 February 1901 Service No: CH/12196
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BERRIDGE, JOHN FREDERICK HARRY Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 08 October 1887 Date of Enlistment: 09 October 1901 Service No:
CH/12245
BITTEN, Fred Official Number: L4948. Place of Birth: Huntingdon. Date of Birth: 22
November 1894. Officer’s Steward Son of Elizabeth Ann Bitten, of 8, Horkesley Crescent,
Great Horkesley, Colchester. Native of Pidley Huntingdonshire.
BLOXSOM, William Jabez. Official Number: 164154. Place of Birth: New Brompton,
Kent. Date of Birth: 15 September 1876. Petty Officer
BONFIELD, JAMES GEORGE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1574).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 18 May 1886 Date of Enlistment: 12 April 1 Service No: CH/14967
BOWELL, Frederick James. Official Number: 162995. Place of Birth: Lewisham. Date of Birth:
07 August 1876. Leading Seaman
BOWYER, Charles Alexander Official Number: SS1330. Place of Birth: Saint Pancras, London.
Date of Birth: 12 May 1887 Able Seaman
BOX, Frederick James Official Number: SS112109. Place of Birth: Acton, Middlesex. Date of
Birth: 16 October 1893. Stoker
BRADLEY, REGINALD JOHN C. Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age:
21 Born 21 October 1893 Date of Enlistment: 15 May 1911 Service No: 17049: Son of John Thomas
and Julia Kate Bradley, of 4, Bretons Cottages, South Hornchurch, Essex. Native of Harlow, Essex
BREMER, Francis Augustus. Official Number: 167964. Place of Birth: Saint Mary Lambeth,
London. Date of Birth: 16 April 1876. Able Seaman
BREWER, Frank. Official Number: 207025. Place of Birth: Sopley, Hampshire. Date of Birth:
28 January 1884. Able Seaman
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BROAD, Edward. Official Number: 281620. Place of Birth: Northfleet, Kent. Date of
Birth: 18 July 1876. Stoker Petty Officer
BROADHURST, Joseph Henry. Official Number: SS101291. Place of Birth: Battersea, London.
Date of Birth: 05 February 1881 Stoker
BROCK, John. Official Number: 344374. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Date of Birth:
01 October 1873. Shipwright
BROWN, George. Official Number: 306510. Place of Birth: Dover, Kent. Date of Birth: 01
March 1885. Stoker
BUCHANAN, William. Official Number: 166810. Place of Birth: Hoxton New Town,
London. Date of Birth: 25 March 1876 Petty Officer
BUNCE, Charles Henry. Official Number: 158786. Place of Birth: Wandsworth, Surrey. Date
of Birth: 02 September 1871 Stoker
BUNCE, Charles Ralph Thomas. Official Number: SS102156. Place of Birth: Blackfriars,
London. Date of Birth: 10 October 1886 Stoker
BUNYAN, Benjamin James. Official Number: 340125. Place of Birth: Landport, Hampshire.
Date of Birth: 30 December 1878.Ship’s Steward
BURBRIDGE, Walter. Official Number: 103586. Place of Birth: Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Date
of Birth: 26 July 1862. Able Seaman
BURRIDGE, FREDERICK WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 29 Born 30 September 1885 Date of Enlistment: 21 June 1904 Service No:
CH/15303 Husband of Mrs. A. Lawrence (formerly Burridge), of 11, Love Rd., Lowestoft. He
was a native of Wandsworth London.
BYE, FRANK EDWIN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 20
Born 18 November 1892 Date of Enlistment: 11 April 1912 Service No: CH/17384 Son of
Richard William and Harriet Kate Bye, of 267, Church Rd., Leyton, Essex
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CAHILL, Henry Thomas. Official Number: 152629. Place of Birth: Northfleet, Kent. Date of
Birth: 12 December 1870. Chief Stoker
CALE, Albert. Official Number:
of Birth: 14 January 1872 Petty Officer.
CAMERON, Joseph. Official Number: 292522. Place of Birth: Derby, Derbyshire.
Date of Birth: 26 May 1877. Stoker Petty Officer
CAMPBELL, George Jackson. Official
Belfast, Down. Date of Birth: 25 October 1888
CARVIL, ERNEST Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 05 May
1889 Date of Enlistment: 05 August 1908 Service No: CH/16260
CAVELL, Frank Cornelius. Official Number: 180672. Place of Birth: Barnes, Surrey. Date of
Birth: 04 February 1879 Able Seaman
CAWSE, SAMUEL GEORGE Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Age: 36 Born 08 August 1879 Date of Enlistment: 04 May 1903
Service No: CH/13420 Son of the late Samuel Cawse.
CHAMP, FRANCIS LOGAN Sergeant Royal Marine Light
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 04 May 1867 Date of Enlistment: 04 June 1884 Service No: CH/2978
CHAMPS, Sidney Official Number: 163578. Place of Birth: Sturry, Kent. Date of Birth: 01
June 1872. Chief Stoker
Henry Thomas. Official Number: 152629. Place of Birth: Northfleet, Kent. Date of
. Chief Stoker
, Albert. Official Number: 143929. Place of Birth: Saint Georges, Surrey.
Petty Officer.
Joseph. Official Number: 292522. Place of Birth: Derby, Derbyshire.
Stoker Petty Officer
George Jackson. Official Number: SS104251. Place of Birth:
Belfast, Down. Date of Birth: 25 October 1888 Stoker
, ERNEST Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 05 May
1889 Date of Enlistment: 05 August 1908 Service No: CH/16260
Frank Cornelius. Official Number: 180672. Place of Birth: Barnes, Surrey. Date of
Able Seaman
, SAMUEL GEORGE Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Age: 36 Born 08 August 1879 Date of Enlistment: 04 May 1903 Date of Death: 15/10/1914
of the late Samuel Cawse.
FRANCIS LOGAN Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry (
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 04 May 1867 Date of Enlistment: 04 June 1884 Service No: CH/2978
Official Number: 163578. Place of Birth: Sturry, Kent. Date of Birth: 01
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Henry Thomas. Official Number: 152629. Place of Birth: Northfleet, Kent. Date of
143929. Place of Birth: Saint Georges, Surrey. Date
Joseph. Official Number: 292522. Place of Birth: Derby, Derbyshire.
Number: SS104251. Place of Birth:
, ERNEST Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 05 May
Frank Cornelius. Official Number: 180672. Place of Birth: Barnes, Surrey. Date of
, SAMUEL GEORGE Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Date of Death: 15/10/1914
Infantry (RMR/A/388).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 04 May 1867 Date of Enlistment: 04 June 1884 Service No: CH/2978
Official Number: 163578. Place of Birth: Sturry, Kent. Date of Birth: 01
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CHANDLER, CHARLES
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 25 February 1876 Date of Enlistment: 26 March 1895 Service N
CH/8271
CHARLTON, BENJAMIN DAVID Private Royal Marine Light
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 34 Born 17 February 1879 Date of Enlistment: 11 December 1896 14
Service No: CH/9493: Husband of Mrs. R. Cuthbert (formerly Charlton), of 24, Lambe
Croydon.
CHARMAN, Joseph Phillip, Able Seaman (RFR B 8880), 19478
Charman, of Sandwich, Kent; husband of G. A. Levenson (formerly Charman), of 96,
Malmesbury Rd., Canning Town, London.
CHILDS, Charles Robert. Official Number: 179912. Place of Birth: Newhaven, Sussex. Date of
Birth: 16 April 1878. Able Seaman
CHISHOLM, Alexander. Official Number: 188284. Place of Birth: South Leith, Midlothian.
Date of Birth: 23 June 187 Able Seaman
CHISIM, John. Official Number: SS105949. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim.
Date of Birth: 04 October 1889.
Belfast
CLARK, Thomas William. Official Number: K9966. Place of Birth: Stepney, London. Date of
Birth: 19 June 1891 Stoker
CLARKE, Herbert Edgar. Official Number: SS103947. Place of Birth: Colchester, Essex. Date of
Birth: 17 July 1887. Stoker
CLARKE, James George. Official Number: L5276. Place of Birth: Chatham, Kent. Date of Birth:
09 January 1888.Officer’s Steward
CHARLES WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 25 February 1876 Date of Enlistment: 26 March 1895 Service N
, BENJAMIN DAVID Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 34 Born 17 February 1879 Date of Enlistment: 11 December 1896 14
Service No: CH/9493: Husband of Mrs. R. Cuthbert (formerly Charlton), of 24, Lambe
, Able Seaman (RFR B 8880), 194784 (Ch) Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charman, of Sandwich, Kent; husband of G. A. Levenson (formerly Charman), of 96,
Malmesbury Rd., Canning Town, London.
, Charles Robert. Official Number: 179912. Place of Birth: Newhaven, Sussex. Date of
Able Seaman
Alexander. Official Number: 188284. Place of Birth: South Leith, Midlothian.
Able Seaman
hn. Official Number: SS105949. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim.
Date of Birth: 04 October 1889. Stoker Son of the late John and Mary Eleanor Chisim, of
Thomas William. Official Number: K9966. Place of Birth: Stepney, London. Date of
, Herbert Edgar. Official Number: SS103947. Place of Birth: Colchester, Essex. Date of
, James George. Official Number: L5276. Place of Birth: Chatham, Kent. Date of Birth:
s Steward
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Infantry (RMR/B/1304).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 25 February 1876 Date of Enlistment: 26 March 1895 Service No:
Infantry (RMR/B/889).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 34 Born 17 February 1879 Date of Enlistment: 11 December 1896 14
Service No: CH/9493: Husband of Mrs. R. Cuthbert (formerly Charlton), of 24, Lambert Place,
on of Mr. and Mrs.
Charman, of Sandwich, Kent; husband of G. A. Levenson (formerly Charman), of 96,
, Charles Robert. Official Number: 179912. Place of Birth: Newhaven, Sussex. Date of
Alexander. Official Number: 188284. Place of Birth: South Leith, Midlothian.
hn. Official Number: SS105949. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim.
Son of the late John and Mary Eleanor Chisim, of
Thomas William. Official Number: K9966. Place of Birth: Stepney, London. Date of
, Herbert Edgar. Official Number: SS103947. Place of Birth: Colchester, Essex. Date of
, James George. Official Number: L5276. Place of Birth: Chatham, Kent. Date of Birth:
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CLARKE, Victor. Official Number: 194420. Place of Birth: Brackley, Northamptonshire. Date
of Birth: 26 June 1881. Leading Seaman
CLARKE, William. Official Number: SS100711. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date of Birth:
25 December 1885. Stoker Son of John and Sarah McConnell, of 26, Foreman St., Belfast
Clarkson, Frederic William. Date of Birth: 06 October 1883.
Rank: Lieutenant-Commander. Date of enrolment: 15 September 1897
CLEMENTS, JACK Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 30
Born 18 September 1882 Date of Enlistment: 15 January 1901 Service No: CH/12014 Son of
John and Hetty Clements, of Baldock, Herts.
CLUBLEY, Iris. Official Number: K9588. Place of Birth: Kilnsea, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 29
December 1890. Stoker
COCKRILL, Arthur. Official Number: SS2208. Place of Birth: West Hartlepool, Durham. Date
of Birth: 07 June 1889 Able Seaman
COLLIER, THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1144). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 25 December 1874 Date of Enlistment: 25 November 1893 Service No:
CH/10587
COLLINS, Stanley B, Naval Schoolmaster, M 4740 (Ch) Aged 30 Son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Collins, of 46, West Side, Wandsworth Common, London.
CONWAY, John Charles. Official Number: 282316. Place of Birth: London, Middlesex. Date of
Birth: 18 July 1874. Mechanician refers to junior engine room ratings
COOMBS, Arthur Erskine Gurney. Date of Birth: 03 February 1888. Rank: Lieutenant. Date of
enrolment: 15 January 1903. Son of Richard Samuel Gurney Coombs and Kathleen Maria
Coombs, of Church House, Oundle, Northants.
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CORDER, Ernest. Service Number: 3/297. RNVR Division: Sussex. Date of Birth: 28 February
1895. Ordinary Seaman. Ernest Edward Corder, Ordinary Sea
worker, commemorated on a plaque in the public area of the main sorting office in
Eastbourne.
CORMICAN, Hugh Patrick. Official Number: SS108467. Place of Birth:
Belfast, Antrim. Date of Birth: 30 November 1890.
Ballyquillin, Crumlin, Co. Antrim; and the late John Cormican
COULSON, JOHN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 13
October 1888 Date of Enlistment: 09 Octobe
COURTNEY, (served under surname
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Warwickshire. Date of Birth: 25 June 1887
COVER, Frank. Official Number: K41. Place of Birth: Streatham, London. Date of Birth: 10
July 1889. Stoker
COWLEY, James. Official Number: 190567. Place of Birth: Exeter, Devon. Date of Birth: 18
March 1880. Able Seaman.
COWLING, William James. Rank: Temporary Lieutenant. Number: 1407. Place of
Birth: Hornsey, Middlesex. Date of Birth: 08 November 1884
CRAMPTON, Charles Theodore. Official Number: 294717. Place of Birth: Deptford, Kent.
Date of Birth: 05 January 1882.
Ernest. Service Number: 3/297. RNVR Division: Sussex. Date of Birth: 28 February
Ernest Edward Corder, Ordinary Seaman, aged 19, was a postal
worker, commemorated on a plaque in the public area of the main sorting office in
, Hugh Patrick. Official Number: SS108467. Place of Birth:
Belfast, Antrim. Date of Birth: 30 November 1890. Stoker 1st Class Son of Mary Cormican, of
Ballyquillin, Crumlin, Co. Antrim; and the late John Cormican
, JOHN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 13
October 1888 Date of Enlistment: 09 October 1911 Service No: CH/17211
(served under surname Adkins), John Henry Alfred. Official Number: SS106961.
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Warwickshire. Date of Birth: 25 June 1887. Stoker
, Frank. Official Number: K41. Place of Birth: Streatham, London. Date of Birth: 10
James. Official Number: 190567. Place of Birth: Exeter, Devon. Date of Birth: 18
William James. Rank: Temporary Lieutenant. Number: 1407. Place of
Birth: Hornsey, Middlesex. Date of Birth: 08 November 1884 Electrical Engineer
Charles Theodore. Official Number: 294717. Place of Birth: Deptford, Kent.
Date of Birth: 05 January 1882. Stoker Petty Officer
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Ernest. Service Number: 3/297. RNVR Division: Sussex. Date of Birth: 28 February
man, aged 19, was a postal
worker, commemorated on a plaque in the public area of the main sorting office in
, Hugh Patrick. Official Number: SS108467. Place of Birth:
Son of Mary Cormican, of
, JOHN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 13
r 1911 Service No: CH/17211
, John Henry Alfred. Official Number: SS106961.
Stoker
, Frank. Official Number: K41. Place of Birth: Streatham, London. Date of Birth: 10
James. Official Number: 190567. Place of Birth: Exeter, Devon. Date of Birth: 18
William James. Rank: Temporary Lieutenant. Number: 1407. Place of
Engineer
Charles Theodore. Official Number: 294717. Place of Birth: Deptford, Kent.
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CRAWFORD,
Date of Birth: 08 January 1888.
CREIGHTON, Robert. Official Number: SS107757. Place of Birth: Larne, Antrim.
Date of Birth: 14 February 1890.
CREW, WILLIAM THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 37 Born 30 September 1878 Date of Enlistment: 31 Oct
Service No: CH/9398 Son of Thomas Crew, of 84, Canterbury Rd., Old Kent Rd., London.
CROCKFORD, Charles. Official Number: 198167. Place of Birth: Northgate, Kent.
Date of Birth: 06 June 1882. Petty Officer
CROSSIN, Edward. Official Number: K6960. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date of Birth: 05
December 1891. Stoker Son of James and Annie Crossin, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim
CROUCH, John William. Service Number: 5/193. RNVR Division: Sussex. Date of Birth: 02 July
1894. Ordinary Seaman
CURTIS, Robert Henry. Official Number: 183944. Place of Birth: Chelsea, London. Date of
Birth: 03 March 1880. Able Seaman
CUSSELL, Sidney William. Official Number: 343850. Place of Birth: Clerkenwell, London. Date
of Birth: 10 May 1882. Blacksmith
Hugh. Official Number: SS2908. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim.
Date of Birth: 08 January 1888. Able Seaman
, Robert. Official Number: SS107757. Place of Birth: Larne, Antrim.
Date of Birth: 14 February 1890. Stoker
WILLIAM THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/553).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 37 Born 30 September 1878 Date of Enlistment: 31 Oct
Service No: CH/9398 Son of Thomas Crew, of 84, Canterbury Rd., Old Kent Rd., London.
Charles. Official Number: 198167. Place of Birth: Northgate, Kent.
Petty Officer
Edward. Official Number: K6960. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date of Birth: 05
Son of James and Annie Crossin, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim
, John William. Service Number: 5/193. RNVR Division: Sussex. Date of Birth: 02 July
Robert Henry. Official Number: 183944. Place of Birth: Chelsea, London. Date of
Able Seaman
Sidney William. Official Number: 343850. Place of Birth: Clerkenwell, London. Date
lacksmith
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Hugh. Official Number: SS2908. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim.
, Robert. Official Number: SS107757. Place of Birth: Larne, Antrim.
RMR/B/553).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 37 Born 30 September 1878 Date of Enlistment: 31 October 1896
Service No: CH/9398 Son of Thomas Crew, of 84, Canterbury Rd., Old Kent Rd., London.
Charles. Official Number: 198167. Place of Birth: Northgate, Kent.
Edward. Official Number: K6960. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date of Birth: 05
Son of James and Annie Crossin, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim
, John William. Service Number: 5/193. RNVR Division: Sussex. Date of Birth: 02 July
Robert Henry. Official Number: 183944. Place of Birth: Chelsea, London. Date of
Sidney William. Official Number: 343850. Place of Birth: Clerkenwell, London. Date
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CUSTANCE, Gustavus William: Musgrove. Rank surgeon.
Custance was born in 1882 and was baptised in Colwall on July 11th 1882. He was one of the
fourteen children of George Musgrave Custance, Rector of Colwall, and his wife Elizabeth.
Gustavus studied medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital from 1901 – 1907. He did his naval
medical training at The Royal Hospital Haslar in 1907 and 1908. At the time of the 1911
census he was a surgeon on board the HMS Clio on the China and the East Indies census
returns
DALLY, WILLIAM HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age:
20 Born 26 June 1894 Date of Enlistment: 06 May 1912 Service No: CH/17408 Son of Robert
George Dally, of 36, Eleanor St., Bow, London. Native of Bromley-by-Bow.
DAVID, Thomas Morgan. Date of Birth: 24 October 1875. Rank: Engineer
Lieutenant. Date of enrolment: 31 May 1897. Son of Thomas and Caroline David, of
Laugharne, Carmarthenshire; husband of Eleanor C. David, of 7, Wentworth Villas,
Plymouth. Served in the South African War.
DAVIDSON, Alexander Murray Stuart. Official Number: 185747. Place of Birth: Saint George
Edinburgh. Date of Birth: 16 July 1879. Able Seaman.
DAVIES, Isaac. Official Number: SS101591. Place of Birth: Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. Date
of Birth: 09 April 1880. Stoker
DAWSON, John Thomas Gibson. Official Number: SS2426. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim.
Date of Birth: 16 October 1889. Able Seaman. Son of Henry and Denah Dawson, of 356,
Donegall Rd., Belfast
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DAY, Thomas. Official Number: 292498. Pl
Date of Birth: 08 March 1877.
DICKEY, James. Official Number: SS104940. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 21 January 1889.
DONACHEY, Wallace. Official Num
Birth: 22 February 1881 Stoker
DONALD, Martie. Official Number: SS107927. Place of Birth: Carrickfergus,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 25 October 1886.
Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, and the late Robert Donal
DRAPER, Harry Thomas. Place of Birth: Small Heath, Birmingham. Number: S 1901. Date of
Birth: 05 December 1887. RNR Stoker
DREW, William Reginald. Official Number: 345737. Place of Birth: Penryn, Cornwall. Date of
Birth: 01 August 1887 Shipwright
DREWETT, GEORGE FRANCIS Private Royal Marine Light
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 35 Born 05 October 1877 Date of Enlistment: 17 September 1895
Service No: CH/9628 Son of Samuel Wesley Drewett and Kate Drewett, of Maidstone;
husband of Harriett Elizabeth Drewett, of 85, Fernlea Rd., Graham Rd., Mitcham,
George was born in Maidstone, Kent, the third child of Samuel and Kate Drewett. George is
, Thomas. Official Number: 292498. Place of Birth: Saint Pancras, London.
Date of Birth: 08 March 1877. Stoker Petty Officer
, James. Official Number: SS104940. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 21 January 1889. Stoker
, Wallace. Official Number: 299952. Place of Birth: Dundee, Forfarshire. Date of
Stoker
, Martie. Official Number: SS107927. Place of Birth: Carrickfergus,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 25 October 1886. Stoker Son of Isabella Donald, of Red Brae Cottage,
trim, and the late Robert Donald.
Harry Thomas. Place of Birth: Small Heath, Birmingham. Number: S 1901. Date of
RNR Stoker
William Reginald. Official Number: 345737. Place of Birth: Penryn, Cornwall. Date of
Shipwright
GEORGE FRANCIS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 35 Born 05 October 1877 Date of Enlistment: 17 September 1895
Service No: CH/9628 Son of Samuel Wesley Drewett and Kate Drewett, of Maidstone;
husband of Harriett Elizabeth Drewett, of 85, Fernlea Rd., Graham Rd., Mitcham,
George was born in Maidstone, Kent, the third child of Samuel and Kate Drewett. George is
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ace of Birth: Saint Pancras, London.
, James. Official Number: SS104940. Place of Birth: Belfast,
ee, Forfarshire. Date of
, Martie. Official Number: SS107927. Place of Birth: Carrickfergus,
Son of Isabella Donald, of Red Brae Cottage,
Harry Thomas. Place of Birth: Small Heath, Birmingham. Number: S 1901. Date of
William Reginald. Official Number: 345737. Place of Birth: Penryn, Cornwall. Date of
Infantry (RMR/B/577).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 35 Born 05 October 1877 Date of Enlistment: 17 September 1895
Service No: CH/9628 Son of Samuel Wesley Drewett and Kate Drewett, of Maidstone;
husband of Harriett Elizabeth Drewett, of 85, Fernlea Rd., Graham Rd., Mitcham, Surrey.
George was born in Maidstone, Kent, the third child of Samuel and Kate Drewett. George is
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aged about 10 when the family moves to Southwark, where he is still living when he joins
the Royal Marines on 17th September 1895 as private 9628. He is no
gives his trade as a “Waiter”.
George serves on the Excellent between 1897
Feb 1898 until June 1901. He is landed for the defence of Durban in 1899, and serves in the
Delagoa Bay Squadron. George is on board HMS Thetis which is sent from the Cape to
St.Helena as a guard ship, where Boer prisoners, including General Cronje and wife, had
been taken.
George is discharged on 26 June 1901. Within a few months of leaving the Marines, George
marries Harriet Elizabeth Gosnell at St.Thomas’ Lambeth on 24th November 1901. He has
changed uniform, and is now a Metropolitan Police Officer. George works and lives in
Lambeth before moving his family to Mitcham in about 1908. By the end of 1913, Geor
and Harriet have six children. But George had not severed his links to the military,
joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1903, and attends annual drills for the next ten years. The
outbreak of War shatters whatever hopes and ambitions the family
peaceful and prosperous life.
George attends his final annual drill in July 1914, he is immediately mobilised in August 1914
and is posted to HMS Hawke on 6th August. He is lost in the sinking of HMS Hawke. George
Francis Drewett’s name appears on the Chatham Naval Memorial, and the Mitcham War
Memorial as “Drewett G.F.”.
DRIVER, Ernest:
Honour. Father named Charles,
daughter lived at 2 Victoria Rd Southsea
DUNCAN, Alexander Robertson. Place of Birth: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Number: S 2872.
Date of Birth: 18 October 1890.
DUNN, William Edward. Official Number: 150585. Place of Birth:
Birth: 18 November 1870. Officer’s Steward
aged about 10 when the family moves to Southwark, where he is still living when he joins
the Royal Marines on 17th September 1895 as private 9628. He is not quite eighteen, and
George serves on the Excellent between 1897-8, and then for four years on the Thetis from
Feb 1898 until June 1901. He is landed for the defence of Durban in 1899, and serves in the
n. George is on board HMS Thetis which is sent from the Cape to
ship, where Boer prisoners, including General Cronje and wife, had
George is discharged on 26 June 1901. Within a few months of leaving the Marines, George
arries Harriet Elizabeth Gosnell at St.Thomas’ Lambeth on 24th November 1901. He has
changed uniform, and is now a Metropolitan Police Officer. George works and lives in
Lambeth before moving his family to Mitcham in about 1908. By the end of 1913, Geor
and Harriet have six children. But George had not severed his links to the military,
joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1903, and attends annual drills for the next ten years. The
outbreak of War shatters whatever hopes and ambitions the family had for a happy,
George attends his final annual drill in July 1914, he is immediately mobilised in August 1914
and is posted to HMS Hawke on 6th August. He is lost in the sinking of HMS Hawke. George
pears on the Chatham Naval Memorial, and the Mitcham War
, Ernest: Artificer Engineer. Name appears on Burnley’s Roll of
Father named Charles, parents lived on Holbeck Street. Married-wife Emma 1
at 2 Victoria Rd Southsea. He was aged 36 when killed
Alexander Robertson. Place of Birth: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Number: S 2872.
Date of Birth: 18 October 1890. RNR Stoker
, William Edward. Official Number: 150585. Place of Birth: Sheerness, Kent. Date of
Officer’s Steward
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aged about 10 when the family moves to Southwark, where he is still living when he joins
t quite eighteen, and
8, and then for four years on the Thetis from
Feb 1898 until June 1901. He is landed for the defence of Durban in 1899, and serves in the
n. George is on board HMS Thetis which is sent from the Cape to
ship, where Boer prisoners, including General Cronje and wife, had
George is discharged on 26 June 1901. Within a few months of leaving the Marines, George
arries Harriet Elizabeth Gosnell at St.Thomas’ Lambeth on 24th November 1901. He has
changed uniform, and is now a Metropolitan Police Officer. George works and lives in
Lambeth before moving his family to Mitcham in about 1908. By the end of 1913, George
and Harriet have six children. But George had not severed his links to the military, He had
joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1903, and attends annual drills for the next ten years. The
had for a happy,
George attends his final annual drill in July 1914, he is immediately mobilised in August 1914
and is posted to HMS Hawke on 6th August. He is lost in the sinking of HMS Hawke. George
pears on the Chatham Naval Memorial, and the Mitcham War
. Name appears on Burnley’s Roll of
wife Emma 1
Alexander Robertson. Place of Birth: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Number: S 2872.
Sheerness, Kent. Date of
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DUTFIELD, WALTER THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/2011).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 28 Born 07 February 1886 Date of Enlistment: 01 October 1903
Service No: CH/14094: Son of the late James and Ellen Dutfield, of 37, Randall Place,
Greenwich, London.
Dyball, William. Official Number: 208734. Place of Birth: North
Walsham, Norfolk. Date of Birth: 08 April 1884.Leading Seaman
DYKE, George Walter. Official Number: 136000. Place of Birth: Landport, Hampshire. Date of
Birth: 24 June 1866 Pensioner Armourer
DYNES, Albert. Official Number: 289177. Place of Birth: Vauxhall, London. Date of Birth: 01
June 1880. Stoker
EADE, Reginald John. Official Number: 202124. Place of Birth: Farnborough, Kent. Date of
Birth: 07 October 1883 Leading Seaman
EADES, WILLIAM GEORGE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Born 29 March 1874 Date of Enlistment: 27 September 1894 Service No: PLY/7291
ECCLESHARE, Thomas Bernard. Official Number: M4167. Place of Birth: Derby. Date of Birth:
29 June 1893. Cook’s Mate
EDWARD, William Joseph. Official Number: 302949. Place of Birth: Bow, London. Date of
Birth: 28 October 1884. Stoker
EDWARDS, Robert Garnet Chawner. Official Number: 202620. Place of Birth: Griston,
Norfolk. Date of Birth: 01 July 1883 Yeoman of Signals
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ELKIN, William James. Official Number: 174504. Place of Birth: Colranie,
Londonderry. Date of Birth: 02 March 1877
Co. Derry, Ireland, and of the late Sergeant Elkin
ELLENDER, Richard Stanley. Official Number: 239356. Place of Birth: Boughton under Blean,
Kent. Date of Birth: 11 December 1891.
ELLIOTT,
of Birth: 31 January 1888. Stoker
ELLIS, EDMUND ALBERT Private Royal Marine Light
"Hawke." Born 24 June 1874 Service No: CH/6806
ELVES, Thomas. Official Number:
April 1881. Leading Stoker
EVANS, Edward Frank. Official Number: M4751. Place of Birth: Uxbridge, Middlesex. Date of
Birth: 27 April 1892. Sick Berth Attendant
FAULKNER, VICTOR Private
July 1889 Date of Enlistment: 17 September 1907 Service No: CH/16023
William James. Official Number: 174504. Place of Birth: Colranie,
Londonderry. Date of Birth: 02 March 1877 Petty Officer... Son of Nurse Elkin, of Coleraine,
Co. Derry, Ireland, and of the late Sergeant Elkin
Richard Stanley. Official Number: 239356. Place of Birth: Boughton under Blean,
Kent. Date of Birth: 11 December 1891. Leading Seaman
John. Official Number: SS104009. Place of Birth: Dublin. Date
Stoker
EDMUND ALBERT Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/760). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 24 June 1874 Service No: CH/6806
Thomas. Official Number: 292957. Place of Birth: Bromley, London. Date of Birth: 07
Edward Frank. Official Number: M4751. Place of Birth: Uxbridge, Middlesex. Date of
Sick Berth Attendant
VICTOR Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 17
July 1889 Date of Enlistment: 17 September 1907 Service No: CH/16023
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William James. Official Number: 174504. Place of Birth: Colranie,
Son of Nurse Elkin, of Coleraine,
Richard Stanley. Official Number: 239356. Place of Birth: Boughton under Blean,
John. Official Number: SS104009. Place of Birth: Dublin. Date
RMR/B/760). H.M.S.
292957. Place of Birth: Bromley, London. Date of Birth: 07
Edward Frank. Official Number: M4751. Place of Birth: Uxbridge, Middlesex. Date of
ne Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 17
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FEE, Samuel. Official Number: SS102801. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date
of Birth: 29 December 1887. Samuel Fee joined the Royal Navy in April 1906, aged 18 years
old, well before World War I broke out. His service record notes that he had tattoos – a
bust of a man and a figure of a woman as well as a scar on his throat. He served on the
Majestic class ship MAGNIFICENT (flagship of the Commander-in-Chief), the King Edward VII-
class battleship AFRICA (flagship of Vice Admiral Sir William Henry May), the Devonshire-
class armoured cruiser ANTRIM and Canopus class battleship GLORY during his 5 years
service as well as spending time at bases ACHERON and PEMBROKE II. He began his service
as Stoker (2nd class) and was made Stoker (1st class) during his time on MAGNIFICENT.
Once his 5 years service was up, he transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve and was called up
for service in 1914 serving as a Stoker (1st Class) on HMS HAWKE.
FELLOWES, William John. Official Number: 350884. Place of Birth: Ashton under Lyne,
Lancashire. Date of Birth: 08 April 1881 Sick Berth Attendant. Age-34 His home was 12
Leathwell Road, St John’s, Deptford
FERGUSON, Peter. Official Number: 298040. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Date of
Birth: 26 June 1883. Stoker
FITZGERALD, James. Official Number: 147643. Place of Birth: Aghada, Cork. Date of Birth: 08
August 1872. Chief Yeoman of Signals Son of Patrick and Margaret Fitzgerald, of Rostellan;
husband of Margaret Fitzgerald, of Lower Aghada, Rostellan, Co. Cork
FORRINGTON, Charles Hoare. Official Number: J10092. Place of Birth: York. Date of Birth: 12
December 1894. Signalman
FOSTER, Frederick. Service Number: 5/298. RNVR Division: Sussex Petty Officer. Son of John
Belcher Foster and Ellen Eliza Foster, of Hastings
FOWLER, William. Place of Birth: Aberdeen. Number: T 2294. Date of Birth: 11 March 1885.
Stoker. Son of the late William Flowler & Helen Knight Fowler: 27 Commerce St; Husband of
Rachel Maitland Fowler, 251 Newhaven Rd; Leith.
FOXTON, James. Place of Birth: Middlesborough. Number: S 3049. Date of Birth: 28 August
1884. Stoker. Son of William Foxton, of Stockton-on-Tees; husband of Edith Marshall
(formerly Foxton), of Westbourne House, Londonderry Rd., Newtown, Stockton-on-Tees.
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FOYER, William. Official Number: 176217. Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London.
Date of Birth: 29 August 1878. Petty Officer
FRANCIS, JAMES THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1937).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 13 August 1883 Date of Enlistment: 28 August 1900 Service No:
CH/11729
FRANCIS, WILLIAM SAMUEL Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Born 04 August 1894 Date of Enlistment: 10 November 1911 Service No: CH/17236
FULCHER, Frederick. Official Number: K4450. Place of Birth: Wickham Market, Suffolk. Date
of Birth: 26 March 1891. Stoker 1st
class: Age 23. Youngest son of Charles Fulcher and the
late Elizabeth Fulcher of Easton.
FULLER, William John. Official Number: SS106984. Place of Birth: Boughton, Kent. Date of
Birth: 18 August 1889. Stoker 1st
class Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fuller, of High St., Boughton,
Faversham Kent.
GADSDEN, WALTER SAMUEL Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Age: 39 Born 21 July 1875 Date of Enlistment: 05 September 1893 Service No: CH/7531 Son
of Walter Samuel and Elizabeth Gadsden, of Hammersmith, London; husband of Blanche
Rose Gadsden, of 1, Orange Terrace, Star Hill, Rochester
GAMBLE, James. Official Number: 189970. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date of Birth: 06
January 1881. Able Seaman
GANDAR, Bertram James. Official Number: 196244. Place of Birth: Paddington,
London. Date of Birth: 28 November 1879 Petty Officer Age 34. Son of G.T. and C. GANDAR,
of 53, St John's Hill Grove, Clapham Junction, London, husband of Ethel Ellen Gandar, of 187,
St. John's Hill, Clapham Junction, London.
[Type text]
GEE, Frederick William Thomas. Official Number: K838. Place of Birth: Dover, Kent.
Birth: 22 August 1887 Stoker 1
registered at Dover in the March Quarter
Gee and Clara Gee, formerly Youden. At this time his father was employed as a carpenter.
After the birth of their third child, Charles Frederick moved his family to Thornaby, near
Stockton upon Tees, Yorkshire, where he had obtained employment as a foreman joiner.
Later, a fourth child was born at Newcastle and a fifth child at Chorley, in Lancashire, before
the family moved back to Kent
Montrose Terrace, Buckland, Dover. Charles Frederick Gee was employed as a builder’s
foreman and his eldest son, Frederick, aged 16, was an apprentice builder.
In the spring of 1906, Clara Gee, wife of Charles Frederick and mother of Frederick
William Thomas Gee died, aged 47 years. His father re
Marian Alice Moore. Shortly after his father’s marriage, Frederick William Thomas Gee
joined the Royal Navy. After a medical, he was passed fit to serve and, on 15th June 1908,
he agreed an engagement of twelve years.
GILES, James. Official Number: 160023. Place of Birth: Maidstone, Kent. Date of Birth: 14
March 1872. Stoker 1st
class Husband of Rosa Giles, of 11, Acacia Rd., Stone, Greenhithe,
Kent
GILHAM, Henry. Official Number: SS102992. Place of Birth: Chester, Kent. Date of Birth: 04
February 1884. Stoker Son of Robert Gilham and Ann (Santer) Gilham
Gilham, Stephen Gilham, Jane Gilham, Mary Gilham, Alice Gilham, Louisa Gilham and
Elizabeth Gilham
GILLESPIE, William John. Official Number: SS107919. Place of Birth:
Lisburn, Antrim. Date of Birth: 29 February 1884.
of Dunmurry.
GODFREY, Frederick. Official Number: 277922. Place of Birth: Shoredi
Birth: 06 September 1875 Stoker
, Frederick William Thomas. Official Number: K838. Place of Birth: Dover, Kent.
Stoker 1st
class. The birth of Frederick William Thomas Gee was
registered at Dover in the March Quarter 1885. He was the eldest son of Charles Frederick
Gee and Clara Gee, formerly Youden. At this time his father was employed as a carpenter.
After the birth of their third child, Charles Frederick moved his family to Thornaby, near
ire, where he had obtained employment as a foreman joiner.
Later, a fourth child was born at Newcastle and a fifth child at Chorley, in Lancashire, before
the family moved back to Kent... At the time of the 1901 census, the family was living at 5
Terrace, Buckland, Dover. Charles Frederick Gee was employed as a builder’s
foreman and his eldest son, Frederick, aged 16, was an apprentice builder.
In the spring of 1906, Clara Gee, wife of Charles Frederick and mother of Frederick
ed, aged 47 years. His father re-married at Dover, early in 1908, to
Shortly after his father’s marriage, Frederick William Thomas Gee
joined the Royal Navy. After a medical, he was passed fit to serve and, on 15th June 1908,
an engagement of twelve years.
James. Official Number: 160023. Place of Birth: Maidstone, Kent. Date of Birth: 14
Husband of Rosa Giles, of 11, Acacia Rd., Stone, Greenhithe,
Henry. Official Number: SS102992. Place of Birth: Chester, Kent. Date of Birth: 04
Son of Robert Gilham and Ann (Santer) Gilham: Brother of William
, Stephen Gilham, Jane Gilham, Mary Gilham, Alice Gilham, Louisa Gilham and
William John. Official Number: SS107919. Place of Birth:
Lisburn, Antrim. Date of Birth: 29 February 1884. Stoker Son of William and Maria Gillespie
Frederick. Official Number: 277922. Place of Birth: Shoreditch, London. Date of
Stoker
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, Frederick William Thomas. Official Number: K838. Place of Birth: Dover, Kent. Date of
The birth of Frederick William Thomas Gee was
He was the eldest son of Charles Frederick
Gee and Clara Gee, formerly Youden. At this time his father was employed as a carpenter.
After the birth of their third child, Charles Frederick moved his family to Thornaby, near
ire, where he had obtained employment as a foreman joiner.
Later, a fourth child was born at Newcastle and a fifth child at Chorley, in Lancashire, before
At the time of the 1901 census, the family was living at 5
Terrace, Buckland, Dover. Charles Frederick Gee was employed as a builder’s
foreman and his eldest son, Frederick, aged 16, was an apprentice builder.
In the spring of 1906, Clara Gee, wife of Charles Frederick and mother of Frederick
married at Dover, early in 1908, to
Shortly after his father’s marriage, Frederick William Thomas Gee
joined the Royal Navy. After a medical, he was passed fit to serve and, on 15th June 1908,
James. Official Number: 160023. Place of Birth: Maidstone, Kent. Date of Birth: 14
Husband of Rosa Giles, of 11, Acacia Rd., Stone, Greenhithe,
Henry. Official Number: SS102992. Place of Birth: Chester, Kent. Date of Birth: 04
Brother of William
, Stephen Gilham, Jane Gilham, Mary Gilham, Alice Gilham, Louisa Gilham and
William John. Official Number: SS107919. Place of Birth:
of William and Maria Gillespie
tch, London. Date of
[Type text]
GOODAIR, Hugh John. Register Number: 17409. Division: Royal Marine Light
Infantry: Chatham Division. When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 22 April 1912. Date of Birth:
23 February 1895.
GOODCHILD, John William. Official Number: 204966. Place of Birth: Fulham, London. Date
of Birth: 23 December 1882. Leading Seaman
GORMAN, James Island. Official Number: SS2796. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 30 April 1890.
GRAVETT, Charles David. Service Number: 1/334. RNVR Division: Sussex.
Aged 22. Son of George and Sarah Gravett of 19, Coleridge Road, Hove.
GREEN, Samuel James. Official Number: 292356. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Date
of Birth: 18 August 1880 Stoker
GREENHAM, Ernest Albert. Official Number: 209091. Place of Birth: Bridport, Dorset. Date
of Birth: 04 July 1882. Leading Seaman
GREER, William. Official Number: SS103607. Place of Birth: Ballybay, Monaghan.
Date of Birth: 01 August 1888.
GREGORY, James William. Official Number: 185803. Place of Birth: West Ham, Essex. Date of
Birth: 26 April 1879. Able Seaman
GROOM, William Sydney. Official Number: 165578. Place of Birth: Woolwich, Kent. Date of
Birth: 06 December 1876 Acting Chief Petty Officer
GUEST, Richard Thomas. Official Number: M1103. Place of Birth: Gloucester. Date of Birth:
20 June 1893. Woolwich. Act/Engine Room Artificer 4
Matilda Guest, of 16, Millbrook St., Gloucester.
GUMMER, Frank Edward. Official Number: 232154. Place of Birth: Saint Pancras, London.
Date of Birth: 11 September 1887
, Hugh John. Register Number: 17409. Division: Royal Marine Light
Infantry: Chatham Division. When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 22 April 1912. Date of Birth:
William. Official Number: 204966. Place of Birth: Fulham, London. Date
Leading Seaman
James Island. Official Number: SS2796. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 30 April 1890. Son of James and Fanny Gorman, of Belfast.
, Charles David. Service Number: 1/334. RNVR Division: Sussex. Ordinary Seaman
Aged 22. Son of George and Sarah Gravett of 19, Coleridge Road, Hove.
Samuel James. Official Number: 292356. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Date
Stoker
, Ernest Albert. Official Number: 209091. Place of Birth: Bridport, Dorset. Date
Leading Seaman
liam. Official Number: SS103607. Place of Birth: Ballybay, Monaghan.
Date of Birth: 01 August 1888. Stoker 1st
class
, James William. Official Number: 185803. Place of Birth: West Ham, Essex. Date of
Able Seaman
Sydney. Official Number: 165578. Place of Birth: Woolwich, Kent. Date of
Acting Chief Petty Officer Age-37 Lived at 56, Prospect Place,
Richard Thomas. Official Number: M1103. Place of Birth: Gloucester. Date of Birth:
Act/Engine Room Artificer 4 class Son of William John and Adeliza
Matilda Guest, of 16, Millbrook St., Gloucester.
, Frank Edward. Official Number: 232154. Place of Birth: Saint Pancras, London.
Date of Birth: 11 September 1887. Able Seaman
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, Hugh John. Register Number: 17409. Division: Royal Marine Light
Infantry: Chatham Division. When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 22 April 1912. Date of Birth:
William. Official Number: 204966. Place of Birth: Fulham, London. Date
James Island. Official Number: SS2796. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Belfast.
Ordinary Seaman
Samuel James. Official Number: 292356. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Date
, Ernest Albert. Official Number: 209091. Place of Birth: Bridport, Dorset. Date
liam. Official Number: SS103607. Place of Birth: Ballybay, Monaghan.
, James William. Official Number: 185803. Place of Birth: West Ham, Essex. Date of
Sydney. Official Number: 165578. Place of Birth: Woolwich, Kent. Date of
56, Prospect Place,
Richard Thomas. Official Number: M1103. Place of Birth: Gloucester. Date of Birth:
Son of William John and Adeliza
, Frank Edward. Official Number: 232154. Place of Birth: Saint Pancras, London.
[Type text]
GUNN, Frederick. Official Number: 206529. Place of Birth: West Kensington, London. Date of
Birth: 23 May 1882. Able Seaman
HALL, George Frederick.
Marine Light Infantry: Chatham D
1899. Date of Birth: 07 August 1872.
HALL, Henry. Official Number: 223106. Place of Birth: Hanwell, Middlesex. Date of Birth: 29
October 1886. Able Seaman
HALLIDAY, James Storey. Official Number: 177204. Place of Birth: Bishopwearmouth,
Durham. Date of Birth: 14 July 1878
HAMILTON, Robert John. Official Number: SS104942. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Down. Date of Birth: 10 July 1888.
Mersey St., Belfast
HANCOCK, John. Service Number: 3/296. RNVR Division: Sussex
& Mrs Hancock of Eastbourne.
HARDING, Percy. Official Number: 221776. Place of Birth: Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk. Date
of Birth: 28 August 1886 Able Seaman
HARGREAVES, HENRY Private
"Hawke." Age: 33 Born 05 February 1881 Date of Enlistment:
CH/11186
HARLING, William James. Official Number: 143377.
Peckham, Kent. Date of Birth: 20 October 1871
31 December 1871 in West Peckham, Kent. He a
Street Cottage in Mereworth, Kent. William in 1893 was in the Royal Navy serving on HMS
Gleanor He appeared in the census in 1901 in Sierra Leone on HMS Rattler. Census Record:
RG13/5331/70/Page2 He served in 1901
Number 143377 Leading Signalman RN William was living in 1903 in Butchers Lane,
Mereworth, Kent. In 1911 he was a Motorman in Chatham & District Light Railway
Frederick. Official Number: 206529. Place of Birth: West Kensington, London. Date of
Able Seaman Age-33
George Frederick. Lance Sargeant Register Number: 11139. Division: Royal
Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division. When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 16 October
1899. Date of Birth: 07 August 1872. HMS HAWKE died of wounds 16th
October 1914
Henry. Official Number: 223106. Place of Birth: Hanwell, Middlesex. Date of Birth: 29
, James Storey. Official Number: 177204. Place of Birth: Bishopwearmouth,
Durham. Date of Birth: 14 July 1878 Able Seaman
, Robert John. Official Number: SS104942. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Down. Date of Birth: 10 July 1888. Stoker 1st Class Son of Joseph and Sarah Hamilton, of 38,
, John. Service Number: 3/296. RNVR Division: Sussex Ordinary Seaman
& Mrs Hancock of Eastbourne.
Percy. Official Number: 221776. Place of Birth: Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk. Date
Able Seaman
HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1762). H.M.S.
Age: 33 Born 05 February 1881 Date of Enlistment: 07 November
, William James. Official Number: 143377. Leading Signalman Place of Birth: Near
Peckham, Kent. Date of Birth: 20 October 1871 in West Peckham, Kent. He was baptized on
31 December 1871 in West Peckham, Kent. He appeared in the census in 1881 at Kent
Street Cottage in Mereworth, Kent. William in 1893 was in the Royal Navy serving on HMS
Gleanor He appeared in the census in 1901 in Sierra Leone on HMS Rattler. Census Record:
RG13/5331/70/Page2 He served in 1901 as a the Leading Signalman in HMS Rattler. Service
Number 143377 Leading Signalman RN William was living in 1903 in Butchers Lane,
Mereworth, Kent. In 1911 he was a Motorman in Chatham & District Light Railway
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Frederick. Official Number: 206529. Place of Birth: West Kensington, London. Date of
Register Number: 11139. Division: Royal
ivision. When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 16 October
October 1914
Henry. Official Number: 223106. Place of Birth: Hanwell, Middlesex. Date of Birth: 29
, James Storey. Official Number: 177204. Place of Birth: Bishopwearmouth,
, Robert John. Official Number: SS104942. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Son of Joseph and Sarah Hamilton, of 38,
Ordinary Seaman Son of Mr
Percy. Official Number: 221776. Place of Birth: Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk. Date
RMR/B/1762). H.M.S.
07 November. Service No:
Place of Birth: Near
He was baptized on
ppeared in the census in 1881 at Kent
Street Cottage in Mereworth, Kent. William in 1893 was in the Royal Navy serving on HMS
Gleanor He appeared in the census in 1901 in Sierra Leone on HMS Rattler. Census Record:
in HMS Rattler. Service
Number 143377 Leading Signalman RN William was living in 1903 in Butchers Lane,
Mereworth, Kent. In 1911 he was a Motorman in Chatham & District Light Railway
[Type text]
HARPER, William James. Official Number:
Antrim. Date of Birth: 16 July 1888.
His father was James Harper (1866
HARRISON, WILLIAM
"Hawke." Age: 23 Born 02 June 1891 Date of Enlistment: 12 August 1909 Service No:
CH/16459 Son of George William and Martha M. A. Harrison, of 7, Monteith Rd., Old Ford,
London. He was a native of Kent.
HAZELDENE Official Number:
May 1877 Leading Seaman: Aged 38. Son of William & Emma Hazelden of Uckfield. Husband
of Agnes Hazelden (remarried) of 60, Winter Road, Eastbourne. Awarded the East & West
Africa Medal
HEARN, James Samuel. Official Number: 299889. Place of Birth: Elmley, Kent. Date of Birth:
25 February 1882. Leading Stoker
HEGARTY, Denis. Official Number: 234197. Place of Birth: Castle Haven, Cork. Date of Birth:
12 October 1889. Able Seaman
HEMMING, FREDERICK THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light
(RMR/B/1765). H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 25 November 1886 Date of Enlistment: 14 March
1904 Service No: CH/14309
Hepworth, Percy. Official Number: 293062. Place of
Date of Birth: 23 July 1880.
William James. Official Number: SS104430. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 16 July 1888. Stoker 1ST
class He was born 40 Aberdeen Street
James Harper (1866-1926) and mother Martha Carson (1865
WILLIAM GEORGE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 23 Born 02 June 1891 Date of Enlistment: 12 August 1909 Service No:
CH/16459 Son of George William and Martha M. A. Harrison, of 7, Monteith Rd., Old Ford,
ative of Kent.
Official Number: 167431. Place of Birth: Ridgewood, Sussex. Date of Birth: 01
Aged 38. Son of William & Emma Hazelden of Uckfield. Husband
of Agnes Hazelden (remarried) of 60, Winter Road, Eastbourne. Awarded the East & West
es Samuel. Official Number: 299889. Place of Birth: Elmley, Kent. Date of Birth:
25 February 1882. Leading Stoker Age-29 Living at1, Cadett Place, East Greenwich
, Denis. Official Number: 234197. Place of Birth: Castle Haven, Cork. Date of Birth:
Able Seaman
, FREDERICK THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry
RMR/B/1765). H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 25 November 1886 Date of Enlistment: 14 March
, Percy. Official Number: 293062. Place of Birth: Poplar, London.
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SS104430. Place of Birth: Belfast,
40 Aberdeen Street Belfast.
other Martha Carson (1865-1896)
ght Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 23 Born 02 June 1891 Date of Enlistment: 12 August 1909 Service No:
CH/16459 Son of George William and Martha M. A. Harrison, of 7, Monteith Rd., Old Ford,
167431. Place of Birth: Ridgewood, Sussex. Date of Birth: 01
Aged 38. Son of William & Emma Hazelden of Uckfield. Husband
of Agnes Hazelden (remarried) of 60, Winter Road, Eastbourne. Awarded the East & West
es Samuel. Official Number: 299889. Place of Birth: Elmley, Kent. Date of Birth:
1, Cadett Place, East Greenwich
, Denis. Official Number: 234197. Place of Birth: Castle Haven, Cork. Date of Birth:
Infantry
RMR/B/1765). H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 25 November 1886 Date of Enlistment: 14 March
Birth: Poplar, London.
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HILLS, WILLIAM JESSE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age:
20 Born 18 August 1893 Date of Enlistment: 22 May 1911 Service No: CH/17045: Son of W.
J. and A. A. Hills, of 78, Alexandra Rd., Erith, Kent. Native of Crayford, Kent.
HOBBS, Joseph Levine. Official Number: 167871. Place of Birth: Newington,
Surrey. Date of Birth: 25 December 1876. Sail maker Joseph was in the Royal Navy from
1892 to 1914. He married a Maltese Lady Lorenza Schembri in Malta in 1901. They lived in
Dovercourt England from 1902 to 1904 while he worked at HMS Ganges at Harwich He also
spent some time in the Coast Guard 1905 to 1907 in Scotland. Lorenza returned to Malta in
1907 and Joseph went back to sea on HMS Bedford.
HODDEN, HENRY ERNEST Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Born 18 May 1884 Date of Enlistment: 07 June 1901 Service No: CH/12473
HODGES, Henry Thomas. Official Number: 183316. Place of Birth: Sheerness, Kent.
Date of Birth: 11 March 1879. Petty Officer
HOGG, Andrew. Official Number: SS106959. Place of Birth: West Hartlepool, Durham. Date
of Birth: 02 September 1887 Stoker 1st
class
HOLMES, Robert. Official Number: 140749. Place of Birth: Braunton, Devon. Date of Birth:
25 December 1870. Leading Seaman
HOOD, LEWIS REGINALD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Age: 20 Born 20 April 1894 Date of Enlistment: 19 October 1908 Service No: CH/16032 Son
of Samuel and Louisa De Torre Hood, of 196, Shaftesbury Avenue, Thorpe Bay, Southend-
on-Sea.
HOOKER Alfred. Official Number: 205654. Place of Birth: West Ham, Essex. Date of Birth:
30 September 1883.Leading Signalman, Royal Navy, HMS “Hawke”. Lived in Southend
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HOOKHAM, David. Official Number: 180225. Place of Birth: Eastbourne, Sussex. Date of
Birth: 24 February 1879 Petty Officer 1st Class Aged 38. Enlisted in 1893. 21 years. Son of
David & Sarah Anne Hookham of 61, Latimer Road, Eastbourne. Electrician..
HOOPER, James. Official Number: M5524. Place of Birth: Walworth, London. Date of Birth:
31 December 1894. Cook's Mate
HOPER, Ernest Sidney Joseph. Official Number: M3901. Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey. Date
of Birth: 30 January 1892 Cook's Mate
HOPKINS, Charles Edwin. Official Number: 185423. Place of Birth: Portsea, Hampshire. Date
of Birth: 19 February 1878 Armourer
HORNEY, William Henry. Official Number: SS105927. Place of Birth: Bermondsey, London.
Date of Birth: 24 April 1888 Stoker 1 class
HOY, John Alfred. Official Number: 227737. Place of Birth: Romford, Essex. Date of Birth: 20
October 1885. Able Seaman
HUBIE-AXE, William Cecil. Official Number: 237053. Place of Birth: Sheffield,
Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 01 January 1 Petty Officer. He had a very promising career from the
time he joined the naval school at Netley Abbey, 10 years ago. He took a first prize in
gunnery and had trained boys in gunnery on several training ships. He had served on the
Hawke since his return from China in 1912. His father was Ernest Hubie-Axe, born Between
Oct-Dec 1854, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England , died 25 Sep 1928,
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England . His mother was Emma Jane Horrocks, born Between
Apr-Jun 1857, Headington, Oxfordshire, England 14 Sep 1929, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
HUDSON, Arthur. Official Number: 312428. Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire. Date of
Birth: 29 April 1885. Acting Leading Stoker, Husband of Emily Frances Hudson, of 2,
Washington St., Bromley-by-Bow, London.
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HUGHES, Joseph William. Official Number: 132399. Place of Birth: Rhyl,
Flintshire, North Wales. Date of Birth: 03 August 1862
Hughes, was from Rhyl in Flint, aged 38
wife Emma, who was from Devonport, was aged 34 in April 1901 They had two daughters,
Emma aged 10 and Vera aged 6 in April 1901
Sheppy, Kent according to the 1901 census.
HUME, Isaac William. Official Number: 141118. Place of Birth: Goldhanger, Essex. Date of
Birth: 11 March 1869. Chief Stoker
HUNT, Albert. Official Number: K536. Place of Birth: Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Date of Birth:
02 April 1890. Stoker 1 class Husband of Caroline Hunt, of Station Rd., Pilsley, Chesterfield;
son of Thomas and Annie Hunt, of Stonebroom, Alfreton, Derbyshire
shows Albert Hunt, aged 10, resident at 458 The Blocks [Stonebroom] with his parents
Thomas and Annie Hunt. Thomas Hunt was a Coal Hewer. Albert's parents and siblings were
born in Stonebroom. He was born in nearby Pilsley. He had been a career Royal Navy sailor
till 1913.
HUNTER, Robert. Official Number: SS104449. Place of Birth: Belfast
Date of Birth: 04 November 1888.
Derwent St., Belfast
IRWIN, George. Official Number: 154211. Place of Birth: Folkestone, Kent. Date of
Birth: 26 August 1874. Petty Officer
Joseph William. Official Number: 132399. Place of Birth: Rhyl,
Flintshire, North Wales. Date of Birth: 03 August 1862 Carpenter's Mate Pen
Hughes, was from Rhyl in Flint, aged 38 and lived at 7, Coastguard Station, Mumbles.
wife Emma, who was from Devonport, was aged 34 in April 1901 They had two daughters,
Emma aged 10 and Vera aged 6 in April 1901 Both daughters were born on The Isle of
according to the 1901 census.
, Isaac William. Official Number: 141118. Place of Birth: Goldhanger, Essex. Date of
Chief Stoker
Albert. Official Number: K536. Place of Birth: Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Date of Birth:
Husband of Caroline Hunt, of Station Rd., Pilsley, Chesterfield;
son of Thomas and Annie Hunt, of Stonebroom, Alfreton, Derbyshire. The 1901 census
Albert Hunt, aged 10, resident at 458 The Blocks [Stonebroom] with his parents
Thomas and Annie Hunt. Thomas Hunt was a Coal Hewer. Albert's parents and siblings were
born in Stonebroom. He was born in nearby Pilsley. He had been a career Royal Navy sailor
, Robert. Official Number: SS104449. Place of Birth: Belfast
Date of Birth: 04 November 1888. Stoker 1st Class Husband of Isabella Hunter, of 80,
George. Official Number: 154211. Place of Birth: Folkestone, Kent. Date of
Petty Officer
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Joseph William. Official Number: 132399. Place of Birth: Rhyl,
Pensioner. Joseph
and lived at 7, Coastguard Station, Mumbles. His
wife Emma, who was from Devonport, was aged 34 in April 1901 They had two daughters,
Both daughters were born on The Isle of
, Isaac William. Official Number: 141118. Place of Birth: Goldhanger, Essex. Date of
Albert. Official Number: K536. Place of Birth: Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Date of Birth:
Husband of Caroline Hunt, of Station Rd., Pilsley, Chesterfield;
The 1901 census
Albert Hunt, aged 10, resident at 458 The Blocks [Stonebroom] with his parents
Thomas and Annie Hunt. Thomas Hunt was a Coal Hewer. Albert's parents and siblings were
born in Stonebroom. He was born in nearby Pilsley. He had been a career Royal Navy sailor
, Robert. Official Number: SS104449. Place of Birth: Belfast, Down.
Husband of Isabella Hunter, of 80,
George. Official Number: 154211. Place of Birth: Folkestone, Kent. Date of
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JACKSON, John. Place of Birth: West Bromwich, Birmingham. Number: S 3123. Date of Birth:
14 March 1886. Stoker RNR West Bromwich, Staffs; husband of Sarah Ellen Jackson, of 29,
Waverley St., Stockton-on-Tees
JACKSON, THOMAS WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1490).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 39 Born 24 January 1874 Date of Enlistment: 27 May 1892 Service
No: CH/6620: Son of George J. and Julia Jackson, of 43, Newton Rd., Isleworth, Middlesex.;
husband of Ellen E. Jackson, of 45, Warriner Gardens, Battersea, London. Native of
Attleborough.
JAMES, Alfred. Official Number: 354275. Place of Birth: Chatham, Kent. Date of Birth: 02
September 1877. Stoker
JAMES, Percy. Official Number: SS1720. Place of Birth: Stamford Hill, London. Date of Birth:
26 September 1888. Able Seaman
JAMIESON, Henry. Official Number: SS102309. Place of Birth: Poplar, London. Date of Birth:
22 July 1887. Stoker 1st class.
JARROLD, Frederick Arthur Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, 1/296 (Sussex) Aged 20. Son of Alfred
& Elizabeth Jane Jarrold of 15, Westbourne Street, Hove.
JAY, Christopher. Official Number: 202532. Place of Birth: Norwich, Norfolk. Date of Birth:
23 April 1883. Leading Seaman
JENNINGS, WILLIAM Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age:
31 Born 18 July 1883 Date of Enlistment: 21 July 1903 Service No: CH/13997: Son of Edward
Jennings, of Trimley St. Martin, Ipswich, Suffolk; husband of the late Maud Alice Jennings.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM GEORGE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Age: 26 Born 27 February 1888 Date of Enlistment: 30 April 1906 Service No: CH/15485 Son
of George and Ellen Johnson, of Flint Cottage, Worth, Kent.
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JOHNSTON, William. Official Number: 188608. Place of Birth: Saint Nicholas,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 30 June 1879.
St., Belfast
JONES, Alfred Edward. Official Number: SS100725. Place of Birth: Poplar, London. Date of
Birth: 22 March 1885. Stoker 1
London.
JONES, John Cecil, Assistant Paymaster, RNR
Rd., Hove, Sussex. Native of Luton, Bedfordshire Aged 25
JURY, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light
"Hawke." Age: 38 Born 17 April 1877 Date of Enlistment: 19 March 1896 Service No:
CH/8886 : Son of John and Jane Jury, of Murston, Sittingbourne; husband of Esther Martha
Jury, of 79, Burley Rd., Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent
KEOHAN, Patrick Joseph. Place of Birth: Dungarvan, Waterford. Number: WTS 149. Date of
Birth: 15 October 1892. Wireless Telegraph Operator
17, Main St., Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
KERWIN, Albert. Official Number: SS115602. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 15
November 1894. Stoker 2nd
class
KING, Nicholas Mainger. Place of Birth: North Shields. Number: U 1640. Date of Birth: 04
April 1876 Stoker, RNR
KIPPING, John William. Official Number: 269868. Place of Birth: North Shields,
Northumberland. Date of Birth: 21 October 1872
husband of Ann Kipping, 96 Balmoral Road, Gillingham.
KIRKBY, Bertram James. Official Number: 220342. Place
Birth: 16 November 1886. 1st
Class
William. Official Number: 188608. Place of Birth: Saint Nicholas,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 30 June 1879. Able Seaman Husband of Mrs. Johnston, of 2 Stewart
, Alfred Edward. Official Number: SS100725. Place of Birth: Poplar, London. Date of
Stoker 1st
class Son of the late John and Sarah Jones, of Poplar,
, Assistant Paymaster, RNR Son of Charles Thomas Jones, of 42, Carlisle
, Sussex. Native of Luton, Bedfordshire Aged 25
, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/971). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 38 Born 17 April 1877 Date of Enlistment: 19 March 1896 Service No:
: Son of John and Jane Jury, of Murston, Sittingbourne; husband of Esther Martha
y Rd., Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent
, Patrick Joseph. Place of Birth: Dungarvan, Waterford. Number: WTS 149. Date of
Wireless Telegraph Operator Son of Edmond and Ellen Keohan, of
17, Main St., Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Albert. Official Number: SS115602. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 15
lass
, Nicholas Mainger. Place of Birth: North Shields. Number: U 1640. Date of Birth: 04
William. Official Number: 269868. Place of Birth: North Shields,
Northumberland. Date of Birth: 21 October 1872 Chief Engine Room Artificer 2
husband of Ann Kipping, 96 Balmoral Road, Gillingham.
Bertram James. Official Number: 220342. Place of Birth: Hastings, Sussex. Date of
Class Writer
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William. Official Number: 188608. Place of Birth: Saint Nicholas,
Husband of Mrs. Johnston, of 2 Stewart
, Alfred Edward. Official Number: SS100725. Place of Birth: Poplar, London. Date of
Son of the late John and Sarah Jones, of Poplar,
Son of Charles Thomas Jones, of 42, Carlisle
RMR/B/971). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 38 Born 17 April 1877 Date of Enlistment: 19 March 1896 Service No:
: Son of John and Jane Jury, of Murston, Sittingbourne; husband of Esther Martha
, Patrick Joseph. Place of Birth: Dungarvan, Waterford. Number: WTS 149. Date of
Son of Edmond and Ellen Keohan, of
Albert. Official Number: SS115602. Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 15
, Nicholas Mainger. Place of Birth: North Shields. Number: U 1640. Date of Birth: 04
William. Official Number: 269868. Place of Birth: North Shields,
Chief Engine Room Artificer 2 class
of Birth: Hastings, Sussex. Date of
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LAIRD, James. Place of Birth: Greenock, Renfrewshire. Number: S 2852. Date of Birth: 26
June 1890 Stoker, RNR Son of John Laird, of 6, Ann St., Greenock, and the late Mary Ferrie
Laird.
LANDELLS, John Oliver Place of Birth: North Shields, Northumberland. Number: EB 244. Date
of Birth: 06 November 1874. age 38, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, son of John Oliver Landells
and Rose Landells, of 7 Surrey Street, South Bank – he was an employee of Smiths Dock
Company
LAVERTY, Daniel. Official Number: SS108512. Place of Birth: Belfast, Down. Date of Birth: 25
March 1891. Stoker 1st Class Son of Jane Laverty, of 13, Ravenscroft St., Connswater,
Belfast, and the late James Laverty.
LAW, Percy Peacock. Official Number: SS2587. Place of Birth: Accrington, Lancashire. Date of
Birth: 18 June 1890. Able Seaman
LAWRENCE, Charles Edward. Official Number: SS110970. Place of Birth: Tonbridge, Kent.
Date of Birth: 08 April 1893. Stoker 1st
class
LEE, Charles. Official Number: 155422. Place of Birth: Bow, London. Date of Birth: 01 March
1870. Stoker Petty Officer
LEIGH, Charles. Official Number: 174539. Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire.
Date of Birth: 04 October 1877. Petty Officer
LEIVERS, John Robinson. Official Number: 229452. Place of Birth: Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
Date of Birth: 30 October 1887 Able Seaman
LEONARD, THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 21
Born 25 January 1894 Date of Enlistment: 17 March 1911 Service No: CH/16977 Son of Ann
Leonard, of 26, Picton Place, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the late Peter Leonard. Native of
South Shields.
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LEWIS, Isaac. Official Number: SS108181. Place of Birth: Barrow
Hulmes. Date of Birth: 16 May 1890.
Ballymacarret, Belfast.
LEWIS James William. Official Number: SS102603. Place of Birth: Limehouse, London. Date
of Birth: 05 June 1884. Stoker 1
LEWIS, JOSEPH Private Royal Marine Light
"Hawke." Born 21 September 1874 Date of Enlistment: 21 Febr
CH/7208
LIDDELL, Charles. Official Number: 186862. Place of Birth: Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Date of Birth:
09 September 1880. Able Seaman
LINDLEY, Harry. Official Number: J2174. Place of Birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 01
April 1891. Able Seaman,
LINDSAY, Harry. Official Number: 169435. Place of Birth: Manchester. Date of Birth: 18 April
1876. Able Seaman attended Harpurhey, Burgess Stre
Lindsay and Annie Lindsay, of Manchester; husband of Ethel Wheeler Lindsay, of 24, Barker
St., Harpurhey, Manchester. Served 23, years; joined at the age of 16.
LOFTS, James. Official Number: 306070. Place of Birth:
Date of Birth: 12 November 1881.
Isaac. Official Number: SS108181. Place of Birth: Barrow
Hulmes. Date of Birth: 16 May 1890. Stoker 1st
class Son of Isaac and Margaret J Lewis of
James William. Official Number: SS102603. Place of Birth: Limehouse, London. Date
Stoker 1st
class
JOSEPH Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/260). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 21 September 1874 Date of Enlistment: 21 February 1893 Service No:
, Charles. Official Number: 186862. Place of Birth: Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Date of Birth:
Able Seaman
Harry. Official Number: J2174. Place of Birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 01
Harry. Official Number: 169435. Place of Birth: Manchester. Date of Birth: 18 April
Harpurhey, Burgess Street Primary School. Son of Robert Fell
Lindsay and Annie Lindsay, of Manchester; husband of Ethel Wheeler Lindsay, of 24, Barker
St., Harpurhey, Manchester. Served 23, years; joined at the age of 16.
James. Official Number: 306070. Place of Birth: Linton, Cambridgeshire.
Date of Birth: 12 November 1881. Stoker Petty Officer
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Isaac. Official Number: SS108181. Place of Birth: Barrow-in-
Son of Isaac and Margaret J Lewis of
James William. Official Number: SS102603. Place of Birth: Limehouse, London. Date
RMR/B/260). H.M.S.
uary 1893 Service No:
, Charles. Official Number: 186862. Place of Birth: Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Date of Birth:
Harry. Official Number: J2174. Place of Birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 01
Harry. Official Number: 169435. Place of Birth: Manchester. Date of Birth: 18 April
Son of Robert Fell
Lindsay and Annie Lindsay, of Manchester; husband of Ethel Wheeler Lindsay, of 24, Barker
Linton, Cambridgeshire.
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LONSDALE, David. Official Number: 284049. Place of Birth:
Winterton, Lincolnshire. Date of Birth: 12 October 1875 Stoker Petty Officer
LOW Robert Thomas. Official Number: 199042. Place of Birth: Salisbury, Wiltshire. Date of
Birth: 02 August 1882. Able Seaman Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Low, of Wiltshire;
husband of Wilhelmina Gibson Low, of 104, Dalry Rd., Edinburgh.
LOWE, John. Official Number: SS1554. Place of Birth: Westminster, London. Date of Birth: 24
February 1888. Able Seaman Age-28 Sloane Street, Knightsbridge
LUMSDEN, William. Official Number: 135850. Place of Birth: South Leith Edinburgh, North
Britain. Date of Birth: 11 November 1870 Able Seaman
LYDALL, Herbert. Official Number: 285739. Place of Birth: Wembley, Middlesex. Date of
Birth: 22 July 1878. Stoker 1st
class
MACDONALD, Donald Roy. Date of Birth: 27 September 1888. Rank: Lieutenant.
Date of enrolment: 15 May 1903.
MACKAY, Walter Edward. Official Number: 174303. Place of Birth: Maidstone,
Kent. Date of Birth: 09 June 1872. Stoker Petty Officer
MAIRS, Alexander. Official Number: SS101872. Place of Birth: Ballymena, Antrim. Date of
Birth: 01 March 1883. Stoker First Class Son of John and Maggie Mairs, of Gracehill, Co.
Antrim
MANN, Reuben. Official Number: K22131. Place of Birth: Leamington Spa. Date of Birth: 29
November 1893. Stoker 2nd
class
MARKHAM, Allan. Official Number: 295344. Place of Birth: Houghton, Durham.
Date of Birth: 19 April 1882. Stoker Petty Officer
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MARLER, Albert Walter. Service Number: 1/305. RNVR Division: Sussex. Date of Birth: 01
May 1895. Officer's Steward
MARTIN, Joseph Edward. Official Number: 152383. Place of Birth: Greenwich. Date of Birth:
18 December 1870. Chief Stoker Age-41 182, Woolwich Road, Charlton
MASON, GEORGE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RFR/B/780). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 40 Born 27 November 1874 Date of Enlistment: 27 September 1892 Service
No: CH/7021: Son of George and Ellen Mason; husband of Elizabeth Mason, of 60, Park
Grove Rd., Leytonstone, Essex.
MASON, William. Official Number: 133388. Place of Birth: Brixton, Surrey. Date of Birth: 30
April 1870. Leading Seaman. His family were living at 8, Tregenna Street, Lambeth in 1901.
Their first born would appear to be :- Christening Nellie Maud Mason 14th August 1904 at St
Jude's East Brixton, Lambeth, at the time they were living at 183, Railton Road, East Brixton.
William's occupation is a Warehouseman. His South Africa medal is inscribed W. Mason,
133388, Leading-Seaman, H.M.S. Powerful. Bars on top, list, Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein,
Paardeberg, Modder River, Belmont
MATTHEWS, FRANK THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 32 Born 22 October 1883 Date of Enlistment: 11 March 1901 Service No:
CH/12178: Son of Joseph George and Martha Matthews, of Bexley Heath, Kent; husband of
Mary Matthews, of 10, Seymour Rd., Chatham Hill, Chatham.
MAXTED, Thomas. Official Number: SS1474. Place of Birth: Lambeth, London. Date of Birth:
17 July 1888. Able Seaman
MAY Edward Thomas. Official Number: 142724. Place of Birth: Woolwich, Kent.
Date of Birth: 07 September 1871. Petty Officer (Coast Guard),
MAY, JOHN EDWARD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1356). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 09 October 1875 Date of Enlistment: 20 June 1895 Service No: CH/8452
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McALLISTER,
Carrickfergus, Antrim. Date of Birth: 01 September 1887
McAllister, of Patterson's Row, Woodburn, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim
McCAUGHERTY,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 11 May 1877.
(Benin expedition). Served in the South African War.
husband of Martha McCaugherty, of 30, Hurst St., Belfas
McCOMB, Hugh. Official Number: SS100505. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 22 January 1886.
Canada Street, Dorothy died a few months after Hugh went down
McEVOY, Patrick. Official Number: 285115. Place of Birth: Dechomet, Down. Date of Birth:
18 March 1878. Leading Stoker
husband of Rose Ann McEvoy, of Dechomet, Ballyward, Banbridge, Co. Down
McALLISTER, Andrew. Official Number: SS103005. Place of Birth:
Carrickfergus, Antrim. Date of Birth: 01 September 1887 Stoker 1st
class
McAllister, of Patterson's Row, Woodburn, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim
McCAUGHERTY, David. Official Number: 176815. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 11 May 1877. Able Seaman Awarded East and West Africa medal
(Benin expedition). Served in the South African War. Son of William McCaugherty of Belfast
of Martha McCaugherty, of 30, Hurst St., Belfast.
, Hugh. Official Number: SS100505. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 22 January 1886. Stoker 1st
class He was married to Dorothea
Dorothy died a few months after Hugh went down
Patrick. Official Number: 285115. Place of Birth: Dechomet, Down. Date of Birth:
Leading Stoker Son of Edward and Mary Ann McEvoy, of Dechomet;
husband of Rose Ann McEvoy, of Dechomet, Ballyward, Banbridge, Co. Down
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Andrew. Official Number: SS103005. Place of Birth:
class Husband of Susan
Place of Birth: Belfast,
Awarded East and West Africa medal
Son of William McCaugherty of Belfast;
, Hugh. Official Number: SS100505. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Dorothea 4
Patrick. Official Number: 285115. Place of Birth: Dechomet, Down. Date of Birth:
Son of Edward and Mary Ann McEvoy, of Dechomet;
husband of Rose Ann McEvoy, of Dechomet, Ballyward, Banbridge, Co. Down
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McFARLANE, William. Off
Date of Birth: 08 April 1890. Stoker 1
St., Belfast
McGINLEY, Hugh. Official Number: SS105931. Place of Birth: Inch Island, Donegal. Date of
Birth: 07 November 1888. Stoker 1
Castlequarter, Inch Island, Co. Donegal.
McGREGOR, David John. Date of Birth: 07 July 1874. Rank: Engineer Lieutenant.
Date of enrolment: 25 June 1896.
McKEE, James. Official Number: 224740. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Date of Birth:
13 January 1887. Signalman
McLEOD, Duncan. Official Number: 201449. Place of Birth: Wigtown. Date of Birth: 04 May
1883. Leading Seaman
McNALLY, James. Official Number: SS107103. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date
of Birth: 24 December 1889. Stoker 1
McNAMARA, James. Official Number: 196451. Place of Birth: Saint Buryan, Cornwall. Date
of Birth: 29 January 1881. Able Seaman
McNEALE, Frank Hansford. Official Number: 233305. Place of Birth: Westminster,
London. Date of Birth: 15 January 1889.
Army and Navy Stores, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1905.
Rising in rank to Able Seaman in February 1907, he was ranked as a Telegraphist in January
1908 when serving on the Attentive. Ranked as Acting
1910, he was confirmed in that rank in February 1911. As such he served on the Perseus,
April 1911-May 1913, participating in the actions in the Persian Gulf. On 6 August 1914, with
William. Official Number: SS108637. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim.
Stoker 1st
class Son of William and Sarah McFarlane, of 24, Fifth
, Hugh. Official Number: SS105931. Place of Birth: Inch Island, Donegal. Date of
Stoker 1st
class Son of John and Mary Ann McGinley, of
Castlequarter, Inch Island, Co. Donegal.
, David John. Date of Birth: 07 July 1874. Rank: Engineer Lieutenant.
Date of enrolment: 25 June 1896.
Number: 224740. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Date of Birth:
Duncan. Official Number: 201449. Place of Birth: Wigtown. Date of Birth: 04 May
James. Official Number: SS107103. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date
Stoker 1st
class Son of Joseph and Elizabeth McNally, of Be
James. Official Number: 196451. Place of Birth: Saint Buryan, Cornwall. Date
Birth: 29 January 1881. Able Seaman
, Frank Hansford. Official Number: 233305. Place of Birth: Westminster,
London. Date of Birth: 15 January 1889. Petty Officer Telegraphist, 1889. A Cashier at the
Army and Navy Stores, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1905.
Rising in rank to Able Seaman in February 1907, he was ranked as a Telegraphist in January
1908 when serving on the Attentive. Ranked as Acting Leading Telegraphist in November
1910, he was confirmed in that rank in February 1911. As such he served on the Perseus,
May 1913, participating in the actions in the Persian Gulf. On 6 August 1914, with
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icial Number: SS108637. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim.
Son of William and Sarah McFarlane, of 24, Fifth
, Hugh. Official Number: SS105931. Place of Birth: Inch Island, Donegal. Date of
Son of John and Mary Ann McGinley, of
, David John. Date of Birth: 07 July 1874. Rank: Engineer Lieutenant.
Number: 224740. Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Date of Birth:
Duncan. Official Number: 201449. Place of Birth: Wigtown. Date of Birth: 04 May
James. Official Number: SS107103. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date
Son of Joseph and Elizabeth McNally, of Belfast
James. Official Number: 196451. Place of Birth: Saint Buryan, Cornwall. Date
, Frank Hansford. Official Number: 233305. Place of Birth: Westminster,
1889. A Cashier at the
Army and Navy Stores, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1905.
Rising in rank to Able Seaman in February 1907, he was ranked as a Telegraphist in January
Leading Telegraphist in November
1910, he was confirmed in that rank in February 1911. As such he served on the Perseus,
May 1913, participating in the actions in the Persian Gulf. On 6 August 1914, with
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the onset of war, McNeale joined the pro
medals were Naval General Service 1915
Tel., H.M.S. Perseus); 1914-15 Star (2333305 P.O. Tel., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals
McNEALY, Matthew. Official Nu
Birth: 02 January 1877. Stoker 1
Frances McNealy, of 25, Randolph Rd., Gillingham, Kent. Native of Scotland.
MEHEUX, George Thomas Shelton. Official Number: 233279. Place of Birth: Chiswick,
London. Date of Birth: 10 September 1888.
MICKELS, Thomas Edward. Official Number: M2159. Place of Birth: Blackrock, Cork. Date of
Birth: 28 June 1894 Ship's Steward
Dulwich
MILLETT, Frederick. Place of Birth: South Shields. Number: T 3024. Date of Birth: 26 April
1885. Stoker, RNR Son of Frederick William Millett, of South Shields, and the late Sarah Ann
Millett; husband of Ethel Millett, of 3, Garden St., South Shields
MILLS, John. Official Number: SS106665. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date of
Birth: 11 January 1890. Stoker 1
Rd., Belfast
MINTON, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 15
March 1881 Date of Enlistment: 14 August 1900 Service No: CH/11718
MOLLOY,
Drumragh, Tyrone. Date of Birth: 20 July 1877.
the onset of war, McNeale joined the protected cruiser Hawke. On 15 October 1914
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (233305 Lg.
15 Star (2333305 P.O. Tel., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals
Matthew. Official Number: 281510. Place of Birth: Paisley, Renfrewshire. Date of
Birth: 02 January 1877. Stoker 1st
class Son of Matthew and Jane McNealy; husband of Sarah
Frances McNealy, of 25, Randolph Rd., Gillingham, Kent. Native of Scotland.
George Thomas Shelton. Official Number: 233279. Place of Birth: Chiswick,
London. Date of Birth: 10 September 1888. Leading Seaman
Thomas Edward. Official Number: M2159. Place of Birth: Blackrock, Cork. Date of
Ship's Steward Assistant Age-20 Lived at 15, Hill Court Road, East
, Frederick. Place of Birth: South Shields. Number: T 3024. Date of Birth: 26 April
Son of Frederick William Millett, of South Shields, and the late Sarah Ann
band of Ethel Millett, of 3, Garden St., South Shields
, John. Official Number: SS106665. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date of
Stoker 1st
Class Husband of Mary Mills, of 26, Coolderry St., Donegall
, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 15
March 1881 Date of Enlistment: 14 August 1900 Service No: CH/11718
MOLLOY, Charles. Official Number: 171847. Place of Birth:
Drumragh, Tyrone. Date of Birth: 20 July 1877. Chief Petty Officer
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tected cruiser Hawke. On 15 October 1914. His
1914 (233305 Lg.
15 Star (2333305 P.O. Tel., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals
mber: 281510. Place of Birth: Paisley, Renfrewshire. Date of
Son of Matthew and Jane McNealy; husband of Sarah
Frances McNealy, of 25, Randolph Rd., Gillingham, Kent. Native of Scotland.
George Thomas Shelton. Official Number: 233279. Place of Birth: Chiswick,
Thomas Edward. Official Number: M2159. Place of Birth: Blackrock, Cork. Date of
15, Hill Court Road, East
, Frederick. Place of Birth: South Shields. Number: T 3024. Date of Birth: 26 April
Son of Frederick William Millett, of South Shields, and the late Sarah Ann
, John. Official Number: SS106665. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date of
Husband of Mary Mills, of 26, Coolderry St., Donegall
, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 15
Charles. Official Number: 171847. Place of Birth:
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MOORE, ALFRED Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 32 Born 22 September 1880 Date of Enlistment: 22 May 1898 Service
No: CH/10271: Son of George Moore (late R.M.L.I.), of Rochester, Kent; husband of Emma
Annie Moore, of 214, Castle Rd., Chatham. Awarded China Medal 1900.
MOORE, Frederick. Official Number: 177856. Place of Birth: Brighton, Sussex. Date
of Birth: 16 August 1878. Petty Officer 1st
class
MORIATY, Thomas. Official Number: 204033. Place of Birth: Poplar, London. Date of Birth:
06 November 1883. Able Seaman
MORRIS, James. Official Number: 279187. Place of Birth: Broadbridge, Midlothian. Date of
Birth: 24 December 1875. Ship's Corporal 1st
class
MORRISON, Herbert Henry. Official Number: 176230. Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London.
Date of Birth: 01 December 1877 Able Seaman Age-37
MORRISON, William, Stoker, RNR, T 1981 Place of Birth: West Hartlepool. Date of Birth: 30
April 1877
MOSS, Percy Forester, Canteen Manager, Admiralty civilian: Native of Fareham, Hants
MOUNTAIN, George. Official Number: 306050. Place of Birth: Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Date of
Birth: 13 September 1885age 30, Leading Stoker, RN, 3 Thomas Street, Craghead
MOXEY, Charles George. Official Number: SS1043. Place of Birth: Shoreditch, London. Date
of Birth: 26 October 1886 Able Seaman Lived at 30 Vivian Road Bethnal Green.
MUIR, George Chalmers. Official Number: 285210. Place of Birth: West Calder Linlithgow.
Date of Birth: 02 November 1877. Stoker 1st
class
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MULLEN, Edward. Official Number: SS106287. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 14 February 1888.
76, Sugarfield St., Belfast
MULLOY, John Thomas. Official Number: 204138. Place of Birth: Newchurch, Lancashire.
Date of Birth: 29 October 1883.
MUMFORD, George. Official Number: L4183. Place of Birth: Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Date
of Birth: 04 September 1890. Officer's Cook 2
MUNRO, Roderick. Official Number: M4519. Place of Birth: Inverness. Date of Birth: 22 June
1887. Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Age: 27 Service No: M/
Isabella Munro, of 15, Railway Terrace, Inverness
MURPHY, John Francis. Official Number: 347632. Place of Birth: Saint Finnbarrs, Cork. Date
of Birth: 28 February 1888. Ship’s Cook
Sullivan's Quay, Cork; husband of Mabel Murphy, of 77, St. Thomas's Rd., West Hill,
MURRAY, Alexander. Place of Birth: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Number: S 2883. Date of
Birth: 25 March 1892. Stoker Son of William & Ann J Murray, 8 Lily Terrace, West Rd;
Peterhead.
MURRAY, George. Service Number: 1/42. RNVR Division: Clyde
Son of George Lunan Murray &
NAYLOR, Clarence Edgar. Official Number: 209926. Place of Birth: Islington, London. Date of
Birth: 12 April 1884. Able Seaman
NEILL, John Thomas. Official Number: 171483. Place of Birth: Tranent Haddington. Date of
Birth: 06 April 1877. Petty Officer
NEWBURY, William John. Official Number: 165257. Place of Birth: Sandown, Isle of Wight.
Date of Birth: 04 June 1872. Chief
Miriam Newbury née Pitman.
naval pensioner and was called up for active service
, Edward. Official Number: SS106287. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 14 February 1888. Stoker 1st
class Son of William and Jane Mullen, of
John Thomas. Official Number: 204138. Place of Birth: Newchurch, Lancashire.
Date of Birth: 29 October 1883. Signalman
George. Official Number: L4183. Place of Birth: Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Date
of Birth: 04 September 1890. Officer's Cook 2nd
class
. Official Number: M4519. Place of Birth: Inverness. Date of Birth: 22 June
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Age: 27 Service No: M/4519: Son of William and
Isabella Munro, of 15, Railway Terrace, Inverness
John Francis. Official Number: 347632. Place of Birth: Saint Finnbarrs, Cork. Date
Ship’s Cook Son of John Francis and Kathleen Murphy, of 25,
Sullivan's Quay, Cork; husband of Mabel Murphy, of 77, St. Thomas's Rd., West Hill,
Alexander. Place of Birth: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Number: S 2883. Date of
Son of William & Ann J Murray, 8 Lily Terrace, West Rd;
George. Service Number: 1/42. RNVR Division: Clyde Leading Carpenter's Crew
& Helen Watson McLaren Murray,10 Roslin Terrace,
Clarence Edgar. Official Number: 209926. Place of Birth: Islington, London. Date of
Able Seaman Age-29 41, Queen's Road, Bowes Park
John Thomas. Official Number: 171483. Place of Birth: Tranent Haddington. Date of
Petty Officer
William John. Official Number: 165257. Place of Birth: Sandown, Isle of Wight.
Chief Ship’s Cook. He was the son of John Newbury and Sarah
At the start of the First World War William Newbury was a
pensioner and was called up for active service.
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, Edward. Official Number: SS106287. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Son of William and Jane Mullen, of
John Thomas. Official Number: 204138. Place of Birth: Newchurch, Lancashire.
George. Official Number: L4183. Place of Birth: Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Date
. Official Number: M4519. Place of Birth: Inverness. Date of Birth: 22 June
Son of William and
John Francis. Official Number: 347632. Place of Birth: Saint Finnbarrs, Cork. Date
Son of John Francis and Kathleen Murphy, of 25,
Sullivan's Quay, Cork; husband of Mabel Murphy, of 77, St. Thomas's Rd., West Hill, Hastings
Alexander. Place of Birth: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Number: S 2883. Date of
Son of William & Ann J Murray, 8 Lily Terrace, West Rd;
g Carpenter's Crew
Helen Watson McLaren Murray,10 Roslin Terrace, Dundee
Clarence Edgar. Official Number: 209926. Place of Birth: Islington, London. Date of
John Thomas. Official Number: 171483. Place of Birth: Tranent Haddington. Date of
William John. Official Number: 165257. Place of Birth: Sandown, Isle of Wight.
on of John Newbury and Sarah
At the start of the First World War William Newbury was a
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NEWMAN, HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 39
Born 16 December 1873 Date of Enlistment: 16 May 1892 Service No: PO/6325 Son of
Robert and Sarah Newman; husband of Nellie Newman, of 40, Rossetti Buildings, Millbank
Estate, Westminster, London.
NEWMAN, Samuel. Place of Birth: Newcastle on Tyne. Number: S 1706. Date of Birth: 29
May 1890 Stoker Son of the late Simon and Jessie Newman, of 3, Castle Square, Newcastle-
on-Tyne.
NEWPORT, WILLIAM JAMES Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Age: 32 Born 11 June 1882 Service No: CH/13141 Son of Martha Newport, of Beyton, Bury
St. Edmund's, and the late James E. Newport.
NEWTON, George Henry. Official Number: SS968. Place of Birth: Thame, Oxfordshire. Able
Seaman. Crew member HMS Hawke. Both his parents Caleb and Sarah had been born in
Long Crendon, as had all of George’s six surviving siblings. George gives his date of birth as
8th July 1884 when he joins the Navy on a “Short Service” enlistment on 30th June 1905 as
a/b SS968. George serves on the Swiftsure, Pembroke, Cressy and the Endymion before he
is transferred to the RFR on 1st July 1910. His whereabouts between then and the outbreak
of War are not known, nor is his connection to Mitcham, as stated by the CWGC. He is
posted to HMS Hawke on 7th August 1914. George Harry Newton’s name appears on the
Chatham Naval Memorial, and as “Newton G.H.” on the Mitcham War Memorial.
NICKLIN, George. Official Number: 342117. Place of Birth: Droitwich, Worcestershire. Date
of Birth: 27 May 1876. Acting Chief Armourer Son of Henry Nicklin and S. Nicklin, of 81, Friar
St., Droitwich, Worcestershire.
NUNN, Arthur William. Official Number: 228989. Place of Birth: Burgate, Suffolk. Date of
Birth: 24 October 1887. Stoker 1st
class
OAKLEY, George Howard. Official Number: 222020. Place of Birth: Saint Albans,
Hertfordshire. Date of Birth: 16 July 1885 Able Seaman
OSBEN, GEORGE THOMAS (Service record spells name OSBER) Private Royal
Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1854). H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 32 Born 01 January 1882 Date of
Enlistment: 31 October 1900 Service No: CH/11918: Son of James Osben, of Wood St.,
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Princes Rd., Lambeth, London; husband of Florence May Osben, of 33, Corunna Rd., New
Rd., Battersea, London. Twelve years' service and 2 years on reserve.
OSMOND, Ernest Herbert. Official Number: 340821. Place of Birth: Salisbury, Wiltshire. Date
of Birth: 11 March 1870. Blacksmith Pensioner. Son of William and Susan Osmond, of
Salisbury, Wiltshire; husband of Eliza Osmond, of 40, Stewart Rd., Boumemouth, Dorset,
PADDOCK, George Wilmot. Official Number: SS109803. Place of Birth: Birkenhead, Cheshire.
Date of Birth: 03 October 1885 Stoker 1st
class. Husband of Margaret L. Fraser (formerly
Paddock), of 685, Bidder St., Liverpool. Native of Liverpool.
PAGE, Alfred. Official Number: 198471. Place of Birth: Saint Pancras, London. Date of Birth:
16 July 1882 Leading Seaman
PANTLAND, Robert William. Official Number: 118003. Place of Birth: London. Date of Birth:
27 February 1860. Chief Engine Room Artificer Pensioner. Age-53 Lived at 40, Jedburgh
Road, Plaistow
PARKER, Charles William Private Royal Marine Light Infantry
(RMR/B/1944). H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 30 Born 18 March 1883 Date of Enlistment: 09
September 1901 Killed in action Service No: CH/12829: Son of Joseph Parker, of 60, Rahere
St., Goswell Rd., London, and the late Elizabeth Parker. Awarded Messina Medal.
PARR, Arthur. Official Number: 287527. Place of Birth: Charlton, Kent. Date of Birth: 01
March 1878. Leading Stoker Age-35 622, Woolwich Road, Charlton
PAVITT, Stephen Arthur. Official Number: K1010. Place of Birth: Bishop Stortford,
Hertfordshire. Date of Birth: 01 January 1890. Aged 24. Son of Stephen and Rosetta Pavitt,
of 44, Barrells Down Rd., Bishop's Stortford, Herts Stoker.
PAYNE, Ernest Alfred. Official Number: 290191. Place of Birth: Bermondsey, London. Date of
Birth: 27 September 1875. Stoker 1st
class
PAYNE, John Henry. Official Number: 214259. Place of Birth: Dover, Kent. Date of Birth: 15
August 1885. Able Seaman
PEELING, Harold Courtland. Official Number: 365838. Place of Birth: Peckham, London. Date
of Birth: 28 December 1889 Officer's Cook 1st
class
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PENFOLD, George Henry. Official Number: 164841. Place of Birth: Southborough,
Kent. Date of Birth: 02 January 1877 Act/Chief Petty Officer Age 37. Son of George Penfold
of Southborough Kent; husband of Kathleen Agate Penfold of Station House Bearsted
Maidstone
PHILLIPS, HARRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1672). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 25 January 1878 Date of Enlistment: 19 September 1898 Service No:
CH/10503
PHILLIPSON, Albert. Official Number: 174277. Place of Birth: Horncastle,
Lincolnshire. Date of Birth: 25 November 1872. Stoker Petty Officer
PHIPPS, William Hewett. Official Number: 291888. Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire. Date
of Birth: 28 March 1881. Stoker 1st
class Son of John Alexander and Helen Phipps, of
Liverpool
PICKBURN, FRANK Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 25
Born 14 April 1888 Date of Enlistment: 03 March 1906 Killed in action Service No:
CH/15391: Son of Mary Pickburn, of 20, Derwent Terrace, Sherwood, Notts.
PICKERSGILL, Albert Edward. Official Number: 294295. Place of Birth: Normanton, Yorkshire.
Date of Birth: 06 November 1876 2nd Cooper Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Pickersgill of
Woodhouse; husband of Mary Pickersgill of 55 Institution St. Woodhouse Leeds.
PLUMB, ARTHUR EDWARD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1124).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 33 Born 07 April 1879 Date of Enlistment: 16 November 1896 Service
No: CH/9435 Son of Thomas Plumb, of Bethnal Green, London; husband of Mary Elizabeth
Plumb, of 49, Invicta Rd., Stone, Dartford.
POPE, Frederick William. Official Number: SS111165. Place of Birth: Hanworth, Middlesex.
Date of Birth: 14 July 1891 Stoker 1st
class Son of H. R. and M. Pope, of 2, High St.,
Hanworth, Middlesex
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PORT, Harry. Official Number: 191709. Place of Birth: Herne Bay, Kent. Date of Birth: 30 May
1880. Able Seaman
PORTWAINE, HARRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 22
Born 23 February 1893 Date of Enlistment: 02 April 1910 Service No: CH/16678: Son of
Charles and Caroline Portwaine, of 4, Price's Buildings, Newcomen St., Southwark, London.
POWER, Joyce. Official Number: 308879. Place of Birth: Ballymena, Antrim. Date
of Birth: 30 April 1883. Leading Stoker Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Power, of Ahoghill, Co.
Antrim; husband of Maggie Power, of Waring St., Ballymena.
PRATT-BARLOW, Bernhard Alexander. Date of Birth: 12
September 1874. Rank: Commander. Date of enrolment: 15 July 1889.
PRATTEN, Herbert. Official Number: 284931. Place of Birth: Coleford, Somerset. Date of
Birth: 12 August 1877. Stoker 1st
class
PRICE, Alfred. Official Number: 133963. Place of Birth: Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent. Date of
Birth: 21 February 1870 2nd Yeoman of Signals
PROCTOR, Midgley. Official Number: 163930. Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire. Date of Birth:
28 March 1876. Able Seaman Age 39. Son of George and Elizabeth Proctor of Bramley Leeds;
husband of Sarah Elizabeth Proctor of II Park Avenue Hyde Park Rd. Leeds
PURDY, Richard. Official Number: SS104630. Place of Birth: Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
Date of Birth: 11 December 1886. Stoker 1st
class
PURNELL, Frederick David. Official Number: 183408. Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey. Date of
Birth: 23 February 1880 Able Seaman
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Quogan, Victor William. Place of Birth: South Shields Son of the late
Simon and Jessie Newman, of 3, Castle Square, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Son of the late Simon
and Jessie Newman, of 3, Castle Square, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Service Number: U 1368. Date
of Birth: 24 April 1879. Stoker Age 34. Son of the late Samuel and Johanna Quogan of 102
Palmerston St. South Shields; husband of Margaret Quogan of 65 Hudson St. Tyne Dock
South Shields
RAINES, Frederick Charles. Official Number: 296016. Place of Birth: Faversham, Kent. Date
of Birth: 09 March 1882 Stoker 1st
class
RALPH, Frederick George. Official Number: 296311. Place of Birth: Headcorn, Kent. Date of
Birth: 18 March 1881. Stoker 1st
class aged 34 years. Son of George and Sarah Ralph of East
End, Headcorn, Kent. Husband of Harriet Elizabeth Dunster (formerly Ralph) of Park
Bungalow, Appledore, Kent.
RAVEN, John Robert. Official Number: 184171. Place of Birth: Enfield, Middlesex. Date of
Birth: 28 December 1878 Able Seaman Age-36 Son of Henry and Susan Raven of Chelsea;
husband of Edith Raven of 27E Sutton Dwellings Chelsea London. Served in the South
African War.
RAYNER, Charles Alfred. Official Number: SS1083. Place of Birth: Mildenhall, Suffolk. Date of
Birth: 05 June 1887 Able Seaman He was the son of Charles and Alice RAYNER (nee NEAL).
1901 census: Aged 14.Charles was a shepherd's boy, living with his parents at Webb's Lane,
Hockwold
READ, Frederick William George, Canteen Assistant, Admiralty civilian
READER, Henry Frank. Official Number: 186352. Place of Birth: Northampton. Date of Birth:
06 April 1880. Able Seaman
REID, George. Official Number: 184847. Place of Birth: Forfar. Date of Birth: 12 October
1878. Able Seaman
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RICHARDSON, Herbert James. Official Number: 184244. Place of Birth: Chipping Ongar,
Essex. Date of Birth: 02 September 1879 Able Seaman Age 35. Son of Isaac and Charlotte
Richardson of Ongar Essex; husband of Maud Mary Richardson of Metfield Harleston Norfolk
RICHES, Robert James. Official Number: 173426. Place of Birth: Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Date of Birth: 01 May 1878. Petty Officer 1st
class Son of Robert and Helen Riches of
Gorleston on sea Robert Riches was 35.
RIPPER, Thomas William Official Number: SS109685. Place of Birth: Saxmundham, Suffolk.
Date of Birth: 10 March 1891. Stoker 1st
class
ROBBINS, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RFR/B/1114). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 19 June 1878 Date of Enlistment: 16 August 1897 Service No: CH/9916 Son
of R. W. S. and M. Robbins, of Jamaica Rd., Bermondsey, London; husband of Leonie Emily
Robbins, of 7, Alma Rd., Southwark Park Rd., London. Native of London.
ROBERTS, Clifford Edward. Official Number: 271333. Place of Birth: Sheerness, Kent. Date of
Birth: 11 November 1887 Engine Room Artificer 3rd
class Age 26. Son of Mrs. K. Roberts of
180 High St. Mile Town Sheerness and the late John Roberts (Schoolmaster R.N.). Served 10
1/2 years in the R.N. joining as a boy artificer.
ROBERTS, Herbert Edwin. Official Number: SS102749. Place of Birth: Wouldham, Kent. Date
of Birth: 28 September 1883. Stoker 1st
class Son of Ellen Norris and step-son of Henry
Norris. At the time of the 1901 census, the Norris/Pentecost family resided at Ferry Lane,
Wouldham, Rochester, Kent. Head of the house was 51 year old Wouldham native Henry
Norris, who was employed as a Corn Merchants Carter. The then 18 year old Herbert was
recorded by the census enumerator as being employed as a Chalk Works, Loco Engine
Stoker
ROBINSON Albert Venis. Place of Birth: Stockton, Durham. Number: EA 862. Date of Birth:
14 January 1886. Engine Room Artificer, RNR. Age 28. Son of John William and Hannah M.
Robinson of Stockton-on-Tees; husband of Jeannie Clarke (formerly Robinson) of 30 William
St. Stockton-on-Tees.
ROBINSON, Ernest, Lieutenant, RNR Age 34. Son of John Lovell Robinson and
Louisa Aveline Robinson of Devon Lodge Monksgate Horsham; husband of Margarite
Robinson. Previously employed as 2nd
officer by P. and 0. Company. Ernest Robinson had a
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seniority date of 27 December 1897 as a Midshipman
Lieutenant RNR was 11 August 1912.
ROSS, George Charles
Ireland Aged 40 Son of Dr. George Cumberland Ross and his first wife A
Jackson Greene Ross
ROSS, William James. Official Number: SS2905. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Down. Date of Birth: 19 January 1891.
Gt. Newtownards Rd., Belfast.
ROUST, Josiah Robert. Official Number: 307023. Place of Birth: Bermondsey,
London. Date of Birth: 08 February 1886
of 80 Vicarage Rd. Leyton Essex
SAINSBURY, Charles William, Carpenter
Brompton, Kent. Date of Birth: 02 December 1879
SANSOME, Arthur. Official Number: 210412. Place of Birth: Salford, Lancashire. Date of
Birth: 05 February 1885. Able Seaman
SAUNDERS, Robert Edward Official
Birth: 11 April 1880 Leading Seaman
Annie Elizabeth Saunders of 1 Belmont Terrace Westg
SAVIN, THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 04
June 1885 Date of Enlistment: 04 April 1903 Service No: CH/13859
seniority date of 27 December 1897 as a Midshipman RNR and his seniority date as a
Lieutenant RNR was 11 August 1912. He was the elder brother Eric Robinson VC
harles Cumberland, Staff Surgeon Birth: 1874 County Galway,
Son of Dr. George Cumberland Ross and his first wife Annie Elizabeth
William James. Official Number: SS2905. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Down. Date of Birth: 19 January 1891. Able Seaman Son of Robert and Sarah Ross, of 234,
. He is pictured with stoker Edward Mullen
Josiah Robert. Official Number: 307023. Place of Birth: Bermondsey,
Date of Birth: 08 February 1886 Stoker Petty Officer. Age 28. Nephew of G. H. Blake
Essex
, Carpenter Official Number: 342674. Place of Birth: New
Brompton, Kent. Date of Birth: 02 December 1879 Husband of Annie Sainsbury
. Official Number: 210412. Place of Birth: Salford, Lancashire. Date of
Able Seaman
Official Number: 193887 Place of Birth: Mitcham,
Leading Seaman Age 34. Son of John and Harriett Saunders; husband of
Annie Elizabeth Saunders of 1 Belmont Terrace Westgate-on-Sea Kent
, THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 04
June 1885 Date of Enlistment: 04 April 1903 Service No: CH/13859
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RNR and his seniority date as a
He was the elder brother Eric Robinson VC
County Galway,
nnie Elizabeth
William James. Official Number: SS2905. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Son of Robert and Sarah Ross, of 234,
Josiah Robert. Official Number: 307023. Place of Birth: Bermondsey,
28. Nephew of G. H. Blake
Official Number: 342674. Place of Birth: New
Husband of Annie Sainsbury Died age 34
. Official Number: 210412. Place of Birth: Salford, Lancashire. Date of
of Birth: Mitcham, Surrey Date of
Age 34. Son of John and Harriett Saunders; husband of
, THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 04
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SAWYER, Thomas Henry. Official Number: 150159. Place of Birth: Barnsbury,
London. Date of Birth: 15 July 1876.
Peckham London; husband of Edith Helen Sawyer of 109 Upper Milton Rd. Gillingham Kent.
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Awarded East and West Africa Medal (Benin
Expedition
SCHMIDT, Henry. Official Number: M1936. Place of Birth: Bloomsbury, London. Date of
Birth: 27 August 1886 Carpenter's Crew
Anne Schmidt of 49 Bowen Rd. Harrow. Native of London
SCULLY, Charles Richard. Official Number: 345433. Place of Birth: Toronto, Canada. Date of
Birth: 04 June 1884 Engine Room Artificer 3
SEAGER, Thomas Frederick
Kent. Date of Birth: 14 July 1880.
Elizabeth Seager of Gillingham Kent
SECKER, GEORGE VANE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
11 June 1892 Date of Enlistment: 19 April 1911 Service No: CH/17010
SEELEY, William Alfred. Official Number: K13408. Place of Birth: Wickford, Essex. Date of
Birth: 10 May 1891. Stoker 1st
Waddington St. Stratford London. Native of Plaistow London.
SEFTON, Thomas Henry. Official Number: SS103314. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 29 April 1888.
Thomas Henry. Official Number: 150159. Place of Birth: Barnsbury,
London. Date of Birth: 15 July 1876. Master at Arms Age 38. Son of Samuel Sawyer of
Peckham London; husband of Edith Helen Sawyer of 109 Upper Milton Rd. Gillingham Kent.
Good Conduct Medal. Awarded East and West Africa Medal (Benin
Henry. Official Number: M1936. Place of Birth: Bloomsbury, London. Date of
Carpenter's Crew Age 27. Son of O. W. H. Schmidt; husband of Mary
t of 49 Bowen Rd. Harrow. Native of London
Charles Richard. Official Number: 345433. Place of Birth: Toronto, Canada. Date of
Engine Room Artificer 3rd
class
Thomas Frederick Official Number: 294712. Place of Birth: Gillingham,
Kent. Date of Birth: 14 July 1880. Stoker Petty Officer Age 33. Son of the late William and
Elizabeth Seager of Gillingham Kent
GEORGE VANE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
11 June 1892 Date of Enlistment: 19 April 1911 Service No: CH/17010
, William Alfred. Official Number: K13408. Place of Birth: Wickford, Essex. Date of st
class Age 23. Son of Mr. A. and Mrs. E. Seeley of 57
ton St. Stratford London. Native of Plaistow London.
Thomas Henry. Official Number: SS103314. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 29 April 1888. Stoker 1st
class
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Thomas Henry. Official Number: 150159. Place of Birth: Barnsbury,
Age 38. Son of Samuel Sawyer of
Peckham London; husband of Edith Helen Sawyer of 109 Upper Milton Rd. Gillingham Kent.
Good Conduct Medal. Awarded East and West Africa Medal (Benin
Henry. Official Number: M1936. Place of Birth: Bloomsbury, London. Date of
Age 27. Son of O. W. H. Schmidt; husband of Mary
Charles Richard. Official Number: 345433. Place of Birth: Toronto, Canada. Date of
Official Number: 294712. Place of Birth: Gillingham,
Age 33. Son of the late William and
GEORGE VANE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born
, William Alfred. Official Number: K13408. Place of Birth: Wickford, Essex. Date of
Age 23. Son of Mr. A. and Mrs. E. Seeley of 57
Thomas Henry. Official Number: SS103314. Place of Birth: Belfast,
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SEWELL, THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 28
Born 25 October 1885 Date of Enlistment: 04 September 1905 Service No: CH/15140 Son of
John Sewell, of 84, South St., Carlisle, and the late Susannah Sewell.
SHOTTON, Rowlandson Hardy. Official Number: 203871. Place of Birth:
Sunderland, Durham. Date of Birth: 02 April 1882 Leading Seaman. Prior to the war he had
been a police constable with the river police on the Wear
SILVESTER, John. Official Number: 191889. Place of Birth: Ashford, London. Date of Birth: 25
October 1880. Able Seaman: Age 34. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. Silvester of The Grove
Ashford Staines Middlesex
SIMMS, Alfred. Official Number: K11783. Place of Birth: Bedford, Bedfordshire. Date of
Birth: 31 December 1892. Stoker 1st
class
SIMPSON, Hubert Zeph. Rank: Sub-Lieutenant. Number: 001566. Place of Birth:
Herne Hill, Surrey. Date of Birth: 20 November 1880. Age 33. Son of Lucy Eva Simpson of 61
Grosvenor Rd. Westminster London and the late Zephaniah Simpson. Native of Herne Hill
London. He attended Dulwich College. Subsequently was in the Mercantile Marine with the
Shaw Saville Line Joined RNR as midshipman in 1907.
SLATER, David. Place of Birth: South Shields. Number: U 1354. Date of Birth: 02 March 1879.
Stoker, RNR Age 35. Son of David and Eleanor Slater of South Shields Durham; husband of
Maggie Slater of 157 South Frederick St. South Shields Co. Durham.
SLESSER, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1997). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 28 Born 06 February 1884 Date of Enlistment: 21 May 1901 Service No:
CH/12370: Brother of Mrs. E. Cherry, of IS, Hatfield Rd., Stratford, London.
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SLINEY, Richard. Official Number: 179858. Place of Birth: Cloyne, Cork. Date of Birth: 17
December 1869.179858 Leading Seaman Son of John and Hannah Sliney (nee Shea), of
Ballycotton, Co. Cork; husband of Hannah Maria Sliney (nee O'Keeffe)
SMITH, Albert Edward. Official Number: J1624. Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire. Date of
Birth: 06 March 1892. Telegraphist, He was the son of Albert Edward & Anne Ellen Smith,
The Cottage, Smeeton Westerby
SMITH, Arthur. Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire. Number: S 3016. Date of Birth: 23 November
1887 Stoker, RNR,
SMITH, Charles Joseph. Official Number: M5491. Place of Birth: Canning Town, London.
Date of Birth: 03 January 1895 Plumber's Mate Age 20. Son of Mary Ann Smith of 131
Howards Rd. Barking Essex and the late Charles Smith
SMITH, CHARLES KINGSLEY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Age: 28 Born 03 April 1884 Date of Enlistment: 11 June 1901 Service No: CH/12461 Son of
Frederick Smith, of 137, Malvern Rd., West Kilburn, London.
SMITH, EDWARD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 33
Born 01 June 1881Date of Enlistment: 19 September 1898 Service No: CH/10510: Son of
Leonard and Emma J. Smith, of 24, Wells St., Ipswich, Suffolk. Native of Upton, Norfolk
SMITH, Frank. Official Number: 202637. Place of Birth: Stanstead, Hertfordshire. Date of
Birth: 25 January 1883. Able Seaman Age 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith of 69 Lansdowne
Rd. Victoria Docks Tidal Basin; husband of Maud May Pascoe (formerly Smith) of 30 Yew-
tree Rd. Beckenham Kent
SMITH, JAMES ALFRED Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/843). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 22 April 1875 Date of Enlistment: 22 September 1892 Service No: CH/7094
SMITH, Robert. Official Number: SS102811. Place of Birth: Brechin Forfar. Date of Birth: 26
September 1887. Stoker 1st
class Age 27. Son of the late William and Elizabeth Low Smith of
Brechin
SMITH, Robert. Place of Birth: Hartlepool, Durham. Number: T 2922. Date of Birth: 17 May
1888 Stoker 1st class Age 26. Son of Hugh and Mary Hannah Smith of 20 Sarah St. Belle Vue
West Hartlepool
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SMITH, Walter Palmer. Place of Birth: South Shields. Number: T 2168. Date of Birth: 05
November 1874. Stoker, RNR
husband of the late Mary Ann Smith
SMYTH, John. Official Number:
of Birth: 06 June 1888. Stoker 1st class
SNARE, Albert. Official Number: 125421. Place of Birth: Gravesend, Kent. Date of
Birth: 01 November 1865. Stoker Petty Officer
SPARKS, Harry Robert. Official Number:
Date of Birth: 25 October 1887
SPOONER, WILLIAM
"Hawke." Age: 24 Born 22 June 1890 Date of Enlistment: 04 April 1908 Service No:
CH/16147: Son of Mrs. M. F. Spooner, of The Lodge, Hurtmore, Godalming, Surrey.
STANLEY, George Thomas. Official Number: M2392. Place of Birth: Woolwich, Kent. Date of
Birth: 21 June 1892 Sick Berth Attendant
STEVENS, Fred. Official Number: SS101839. Place of Birth: Wouldham, Kent. Date of Birth:
26 June 1885. Stoker 1st
class
Florence Martha Stevens, of Forge House, Wouldham, Rochester, Kent
STEVENS, John. Official Number: SS101670. Place of Birth: Wouldham, Kent. Date of Birth:
18 July 1887. Stoker 1st
class Born Wouldham, Rochester, Kent 18 July 1887.Son of Stephen
and Ann Stevens. Husband of Clara Jane Stevens (née Gill) of The Old Rectory, Wouldham,
Rochester, Kent.
STONEMAN, Henry Charles Bryant. Official Number: 145536. Place of Birth: Chelsea, Isle of
Wight. Date of Birth: 30 October 1868
Walter Palmer. Place of Birth: South Shields. Number: T 2168. Date of Birth: 05
Age 40. Son of Walter Palmer Smith and Martha Smith;
husband of the late Mary Ann Smith
, John. Official Number: SS104254. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date
Stoker 1st class
Albert. Official Number: 125421. Place of Birth: Gravesend, Kent. Date of
Stoker Petty Officer
Harry Robert. Official Number: SS104457. Place of Birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire.
1887 Stoker 1st
class
, WILLIAM CHARLES Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 24 Born 22 June 1890 Date of Enlistment: 04 April 1908 Service No:
47: Son of Mrs. M. F. Spooner, of The Lodge, Hurtmore, Godalming, Surrey.
George Thomas. Official Number: M2392. Place of Birth: Woolwich, Kent. Date of
Sick Berth Attendant Age-22 Lived at 26, Ripon Road, Plumstead
Fred. Official Number: SS101839. Place of Birth: Wouldham, Kent. Date of Birth:
lass Son of Uriah and Hannah Stevens, of Wouldham; husband of
Florence Martha Stevens, of Forge House, Wouldham, Rochester, Kent
ial Number: SS101670. Place of Birth: Wouldham, Kent. Date of Birth:
Born Wouldham, Rochester, Kent 18 July 1887.Son of Stephen
Husband of Clara Jane Stevens (née Gill) of The Old Rectory, Wouldham,
Henry Charles Bryant. Official Number: 145536. Place of Birth: Chelsea, Isle of
Wight. Date of Birth: 30 October 1868 Carpenter's Mate (Pensioner),
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Walter Palmer. Place of Birth: South Shields. Number: T 2168. Date of Birth: 05
40. Son of Walter Palmer Smith and Martha Smith;
SS104254. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date
Albert. Official Number: 125421. Place of Birth: Gravesend, Kent. Date of
SS104457. Place of Birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 24 Born 22 June 1890 Date of Enlistment: 04 April 1908 Service No:
47: Son of Mrs. M. F. Spooner, of The Lodge, Hurtmore, Godalming, Surrey.
George Thomas. Official Number: M2392. Place of Birth: Woolwich, Kent. Date of
, Ripon Road, Plumstead
Fred. Official Number: SS101839. Place of Birth: Wouldham, Kent. Date of Birth:
Son of Uriah and Hannah Stevens, of Wouldham; husband of
ial Number: SS101670. Place of Birth: Wouldham, Kent. Date of Birth:
Born Wouldham, Rochester, Kent 18 July 1887.Son of Stephen
Husband of Clara Jane Stevens (née Gill) of The Old Rectory, Wouldham,
Henry Charles Bryant. Official Number: 145536. Place of Birth: Chelsea, Isle of
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SULLIVAN, Bartholomew. Official Number: M4733. Place of Birth: Queenstown, Cork. Date
of Birth: 07 June 1890. Engine Room Artificer 4
SUTHERLAND, George Lacey. Official Number: SS1329. Place of Birth: Gravesend, Kent. Date
of Birth: 04 March 1887. Able Seaman
SYMONS, Alfred Albert. Official Number: K11325. Place of Birth: Battersea, Lo
Birth: 03 May 1892 Stoker 1st
Battersea, London
SYMONS,, William. Official Number: 203642. Place of Birth: Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire.
Date of Birth: 22 July 1881 Leading Seaman
TAYLOR, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 29
Born 20 August 1884 Date of Enlistment: 30 September 1902 Service No: CH/13522: Son of
Tom and Mary Ann Taylor, of 40, Rawlings St., Chelsea, London. Pre
signed on for second period of service at outbreak of war.
THAKE, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 33
Born 19 December 1882 Date of Enlistment: 21 August 1901 Service No: CH/12817: Son of
Joseph and Fanny Thake, of Water Lane
THOMAS, John Arloe Edward. Official Number: 345555. Place of Birth: Larne,
Carmarthenshire. Date of Birth: 27 August 1880
Henry and Martha Anne Thomas, of 17, St. Thomas Green, Ha
THOMPSON, Archer. Official Number: SS104956. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 07 July 1888.
, Bartholomew. Official Number: M4733. Place of Birth: Queenstown, Cork. Date
Engine Room Artificer 4th
class
, George Lacey. Official Number: SS1329. Place of Birth: Gravesend, Kent. Date
Able Seaman
, Alfred Albert. Official Number: K11325. Place of Birth: Battersea, Lo
class Age-22 Son of Louisa Symons, of 175, Church Rd.,
, William. Official Number: 203642. Place of Birth: Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire.
Leading Seaman
WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 29
Born 20 August 1884 Date of Enlistment: 30 September 1902 Service No: CH/13522: Son of
Tom and Mary Ann Taylor, of 40, Rawlings St., Chelsea, London. Pre-war Marine, had just
ed on for second period of service at outbreak of war.
, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 33
Born 19 December 1882 Date of Enlistment: 21 August 1901 Service No: CH/12817: Son of
Joseph and Fanny Thake, of Water Lane, Radwinter, Saffron Walden, Essex.
John Arloe Edward. Official Number: 345555. Place of Birth: Larne,
Carmarthenshire. Date of Birth: 27 August 1880 Leading Carpenter's Mate
Henry and Martha Anne Thomas, of 17, St. Thomas Green, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.
Archer. Official Number: SS104956. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 07 July 1888. Stoker 1st
class
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, Bartholomew. Official Number: M4733. Place of Birth: Queenstown, Cork. Date
, George Lacey. Official Number: SS1329. Place of Birth: Gravesend, Kent. Date
, Alfred Albert. Official Number: K11325. Place of Birth: Battersea, London. Date of
Son of Louisa Symons, of 175, Church Rd.,
, William. Official Number: 203642. Place of Birth: Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire.
WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 29
Born 20 August 1884 Date of Enlistment: 30 September 1902 Service No: CH/13522: Son of
war Marine, had just
, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 33
Born 19 December 1882 Date of Enlistment: 21 August 1901 Service No: CH/12817: Son of
, Radwinter, Saffron Walden, Essex.
John Arloe Edward. Official Number: 345555. Place of Birth: Larne,
Leading Carpenter's Mate Son of Charles
verfordwest, Pembrokeshire.
Archer. Official Number: SS104956. Place of Birth: Belfast,
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THOMPSON, WILLIAM JOHN HENRY Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 23 Born 20 July 1891 Date of Enlistment: 11 July 1906 Killed Service No:
CH/15133: Son of Henry William and Emily Florence Thompson, of 20, Bright Rd.,
THRUSH, George. Official Number: 164113. Place of Birth: Limehouse, London.
Date of Birth: 25 November 1872. Stoker Petty Officer Husband of Martha Thrush, of 210,
Acton Lane, Chiswick, London
THURLEY, Ansell Gifford. Official Number: M2565. Place of Birth: Westgate on Sea, Kent.
Date of Birth: 22 December 1891 Armourer's Crew Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann Thurley,
of "Glenroyd," Leslie Avenue, Garlinge, Margate. Native of Westgate-on-Sea.
TIMMINGS, Edward Albert John. Official Number: M4098. Place of Birth: Chiswick, London.
Date of Birth: 01 December 1890 Electrical Artificer 4th
class Son of Rebecca Timmings, of
80, Fielding Rd., Bedford Park, Chiswick, London.
TIMMINS, William. Official Number: 187758. Place of Birth: Earsdon,
Northumberland. Date of Birth: 08 September 1879 Petty Officer Son of James and Jennie
Timmins, of Backwork, Northumberland; husband of Frances Timmins. Awarded China
Medal 1900.
TOLHURST, Walter. Official Number: 157015. Place of Birth: Thurnham near
Maidstone. Date of Birth: 29 December 1870 Chief Stoker
TRAYNOR, Thomas. Place of Birth: Glasgow. Number: S 2922. Date of Birth: 04 October 1889
Stoker, RNR
TRUEMAN, George. Official Number: 292872. Place of Birth: Knottingley, Yorkshire. Date of
Birth: 18 September 1879 Stoker 1st
class Son of George and Harriet Trueman, of
Knottingley; husband of Alice Trueman, of Primrose Hill, Knottingley, Yorks.
TUCKER, George Joseph. Official Number: 308124. Place of Birth: Paddington, London. Date
of Birth: 07 January 1886. Leading Stoker Son of Annie Tucker, of 24, Victoria Place,
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Bayswater, London; husband of Mary King (formerly Tucker), of 2, Dixon St., Levenshulme,
Manchester.
TULLY, David. Official Number: SS107383. Place of Birth
Antrim. Date of Birth: 30 March 1889.
Belfast
UNWIN, Robert Henry. Official Number: 164358. Place of Birth: Bermondsey, Surrey. Date of
Birth: 04 March 1876. Leading Signalman
UPFOLD, William Henry. Official Number: 353621. Place of Birth: Sculcoates, Yorkshire. Date
of Birth: 17 February 1876 Stoker 1
husband of Agnes Jane McMullen (formerly Upfold), of 4, Southcoates Lane, Hull.
UPRICHARD
Lurgan, Antrim. Date of Birth: 26 June 1891
Uprichard, of 12, Rosebank St., B
VERCO, WALTER JOHN
"Hawke." Born 09 May 1880 Date of Enlistment: 06 December 1898 Service No: CH/10669
VIGUS, ROBERT EDWARD Private Royal Marine Light
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 19 September 1874 Date of Enlistment: 15 August 1893 Ser
CH/8507
Bayswater, London; husband of Mary King (formerly Tucker), of 2, Dixon St., Levenshulme,
David. Official Number: SS107383. Place of Birth
Antrim. Date of Birth: 30 March 1889. Stoker 1st
class Son of George and Susannah Tully, of
Robert Henry. Official Number: 164358. Place of Birth: Bermondsey, Surrey. Date of
Leading Signalman
Henry. Official Number: 353621. Place of Birth: Sculcoates, Yorkshire. Date
Stoker 1st
class Son of William Henry and Maria Upfold, of Hull;
husband of Agnes Jane McMullen (formerly Upfold), of 4, Southcoates Lane, Hull.
ARD, Charles Edward. Official Number: SS108911. Place of Birth:
Lurgan, Antrim. Date of Birth: 26 June 1891 Stoker 1st
class Son of John and Elizabeth
Uprichard, of 12, Rosebank St., Belfast
, WALTER JOHN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/930). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 09 May 1880 Date of Enlistment: 06 December 1898 Service No: CH/10669
, ROBERT EDWARD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1070).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 19 September 1874 Date of Enlistment: 15 August 1893 Ser
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Bayswater, London; husband of Mary King (formerly Tucker), of 2, Dixon St., Levenshulme,
David. Official Number: SS107383. Place of Birth: Belfast,
Son of George and Susannah Tully, of
Robert Henry. Official Number: 164358. Place of Birth: Bermondsey, Surrey. Date of
Henry. Official Number: 353621. Place of Birth: Sculcoates, Yorkshire. Date
Son of William Henry and Maria Upfold, of Hull;
husband of Agnes Jane McMullen (formerly Upfold), of 4, Southcoates Lane, Hull.
, Charles Edward. Official Number: SS108911. Place of Birth:
Son of John and Elizabeth
RMR/B/930). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 09 May 1880 Date of Enlistment: 06 December 1898 Service No: CH/10669
RMR/B/1070).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 19 September 1874 Date of Enlistment: 15 August 1893 Service No:
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VINE, RICHARD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1552). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Born 23 August 1879 Date of Enlistment: 18 May 1897 Service No: CH/9739
WAGLAND, Isaac William. Official Number: 186631. Place of Birth: Wrotham, Kent. Date of
Birth: 22 October 1879 Able Seaman Son of Isaac and Annie Wagland, of Wrotham, Kent;
husband of Priscilla Barber (formerly Wagland), of 155, Hackney Rd., London.
WAITE, Charles William. Official Number: 160682. Place of Birth: Louth, Lincolnshire. Date of
Birth: 03 July 1875. 2nd Yeoman of Signals He had been a member of London’s Fire Brigade
WALKER, Edward Henry. Official Number: 163583. Place of Birth: Shorne, Kent. Date of
Birth: 09 May 1875. , Able Seaman, Son of Anthony and Harriett Walker, of Cobham, Kent;
husband of the late Gertrude Alice Walker. 23 years' service.
WALTON, GEORGE WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/155).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 40 Born 01 August 1874 Date of Enlistment: 01 February 1895 Service
No: CH/8670 Additional information: Son of Benjamin Walton, of Whittlesea, Cambs;
husband of Alice Walton, of 9, Bedford Rd., Southborough, Tunbridge Wells.
WAND, THOMAS EDWARD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1357).
H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 04 October 1877 Date of Enlistment: 09 July 1895 Service No:
CH/8521
WARING, Ruric Henry. Date of Birth: 16 August 1879. Rank: Lieutenant
Commander. Date of enrolment: 15 July 1893 Son of Thomas and Fanny Waring, of
Waringstown, Co. Down.
WASSON, Henry. Official Number: SS103313. Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date of Birth:
30 May 1884. Stoker 1st
class
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WATSON, James Henry Digby MB
CHB RN Surgeon He was born at Southsea on the 31st of August 1890, the son of Engineer
Captain James Herbert Watson RN and Mrs E.V. Watson of 'Westwood', Helensburgh,
Scotland.
He was educated at Junior King's from September 1899 and the King's School
Canterbury from January 1904 to April 1906, playing for the Rugby XV in 1905. He then
moved to Scotland where he completed his education at Edinburgh Academy from 1906 to
1908, playing rugby for the First XV at centre and winning the high jump in each of the years
he was there. At the Academy he acquired the nickname of "Bunjy" by asking for a rubber in
the usual slang of King's which was unheard of in Edinburgh.
He then proceeded to Edinburgh University from 1908 to 1913 to study medicine. In
1913 he achieved MB and ChB and played for the University First XV, as well as winning the
University Middleweight Boxing Championship and representing Scotland against Ireland at
the long jump in 1912 which he won with a jump of 22 feet, 9 and half inches.
He joined Edinburgh Academicals Club as a centre three-quarter and became their
captain in 1912/13. At Christmas 1911 he was invited to tour Wales with the Barbarians at
Christmas 1911 in which they lost both matches. He was played with them again against
Leicester on the 30th of December 1912 losing by 15 points to 11. He was selected as a
reserve centre for Scotland in 1912/13 but was never capped. In 1913 he toured again with
the Barbarians on their Easter tour of Wales but again lost both matches.
He moved to London to complete his medical studies and played rugby for both
Blackheath and the London Hospital. On the 6th of December 1913 he represented the
South of England. In early 1914 he was selected by England at centre and made his debut at
Twickenham against Wales on the 27th of January which England won by 10 points to 9. He
was selected for the following match, against Ireland on February the 14th, but missed it
due to an injury he picked up playing for Blackheath against Liverpool. He next appeared
against Scotland at Inverleith on the 21st of March which England won by 16 points to 15.
On April the 13th he played for England for the last time scoring a try in the 39 point to 13
victory at Stade de Colombes and clinching England's second successive Grand Slam.
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In August 1914 he was appointed a Surgeon in the Royal Navy and was posted to HMS
Hawke.
WATT, George Humphill. Official Number: 220630. Place of Birth: Aberdeen. Date of Birth:
12 November 1886. Able Seaman Son of Jessie Macpherson Watt, of Dashwood House,
Alford, Aberdeen, and of the late William Watt.
WEEDS, JAMES Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Born 24
January 1878 Date of Enlistment: 18 April 1896 Service No: CH/11520
WEEKES, John, Leading Stoker (RFR B 9369), 296881 (Ch Place of Birth: Erith, Kent. Date of
Birth: 19 November 1878. Husband of Naomi Harding, (formerly Weekes) of 23, Hazel Rd.,
Slades Green, Kent. Native of Wrotham, Kent.
WELCH, WALT LEONARD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke."
Age: 28 Born 01 January 1887 Date of Enlistment: 29 November 1904 Service No:
CH/15266: Son of Walter H. and Selina Welch, of 34, Napier Rd., Leytonstone, Essex
WELLS, FREDERICK PENNSON Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 27 Born 06 December 1884 Date of Enlistment: 09 April 1902 Service No:
CH/13273: Husband of Nellie Gertrude Wells, of 15, Hills Terrace, Chatham
WELTON, William J, Stoker 1c (RFR B 2722), 283951 (Ch) Place of Birth: Melton Ross,
Lincolnshire. Date of Birth: 25 April 1877
WHITE, Alfred W, Stoker 1c, SS 106882 (Ch) Place of Birth: Walworth, London. Date of Birth:
22 December 1889. Son of Alfred Benjamin and Henrietta White, of 7, Highbury Terrace,
Headingley, Leeds. Native of Bermondsey, London.
WHITE, William Darcy, Stoker 2c, K 19848 (Ch) Place of Birth: Newport Isle of Wight. Date of
Birth: 11 July 1895
WHITEHEAD, CHARLES Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1023). H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 34 Born 07 January 1879 Date of Enlistment: 10 October 1896 Service No:
CH/9373 Son of Charles Whitehead, of 10, Brewery Rd., Bromley Common, Kent; husband of
Alice Whitehead, of 102, Jacksons Rd., Bromley Common, Kent.
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WILLIAMS, Hugh
Powell Evan Tudor. Date of Birth: 20 July 1874. Rank: Captain. Date of enrolment: 15
January 1888. Son of Colonel. H. P. and Rosalie Ellen Williams, of Rhayader, Radnorshire;
husband of Phyllis M. Williams of Upper Culham Farm House, Henley-on-Thames. He
became a midshipman in May 1890. He progressed to Commander June 30th
1906. He was
awarded Royal Humane Society's Medal. for plunging overboard at Milford Haven on 1st
August 1895 to rescue J. H. Johnson, a stoker who had slipped overboard on a dark and
stormy night.
His grandson Tudor Barnard wrote “HPETW had specialised in gunnery, as befitted a crack
shot. I don't have any record of his early years of service. He was part of the complement of
HMS "Bulwark" in the Mediterranean Fleet until 1908. According to family history he was
then sent to the China Station where he was joined for a time by my grandmother. He
became severely ill with dysentery and/or malaria and after a prolonged wait for his
replacement returned to Britain some time in 1913. He was not fully recovered when he
rejoined the Navy for active service as Captain of the Hawke, I believe some time in the
summer of 1914.”
His granddaughter Jilly Balfour wrote “Captain Tudor, was specially chosen for his particular
care and understanding of his young charges, having as a young entry to Dartmouth
suffered at the hands of a particularly brutal and vindictive captain, and seen his best friend
aged eleven sent up the mast---sailing ship of course in those days-- in a violent storm and
tossed into the boiling sea. Many of the letters from sailors who served under him went to
great lengths to say what a good and just captain he was, and that all who sailed under him
felt the same. He was swimming in the water, and came up to one of the boats, to ask if all
were alright, and one of the men wanted to give up his place to his Captain, but Tudor
thanked him but said he was to remain where he was, "Because he was young, and the Navy
needed men like him" I like to think of the debates that took place when the decision was
made to write to his widow (aged 25) about who wrote the neatest, and how to word their
feelings. I know my Grandmother valued them beyond all others.”
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WILLIAMS, Thomas Charles, Stoker 1c, 299881 (Ch)
Birth: 26 April 1883 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Williams, of 16, Bridge St., Dover.
WILLIAMS, Walter Roland, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 7297 (Ch)
Williams, of 30, Belmont Rd., Gillingham, Kent. Ex
WILLIAMSON, Albert John Stoker
Halston, Kent. Date of Birth: 21 April 1871
WILLS, George Edward Leonard
Date of Birth: 31 March 1893 Adopted son of Thomas and Susan Sertin, of 2, "The Saxons,"
Dorchester Rd., Weybridge, Surrey
WILSON, Albert P
of Birth: Birkenhead, Cheshire. Date of Birth: 04 August 1886
Wilson, of Belfast; husband of May Wilson, of The Square, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
WILSON, ERNEST Private Royal Marine Lig
Born 23 September 1892 Date of Enlistment: 21 February 1911 Service No: CH/16978 Son
of William and Blanche Wilson, of Saddle Inn, Fulford, York.
WILSON, James. Official Number: SS108189. Place of Birth: Newry, Down.
Date of Birth: 09 June 1890.Stoker 1
, Stoker 1c, 299881 (Ch) Place of Birth: Dover, Kent. Date of
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Williams, of 16, Bridge St., Dover.
ct/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 7297 (Ch) Son of Mrs. E. M.
Williams, of 30, Belmont Rd., Gillingham, Kent. Ex-apprentice H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.
Stoker 1c (RFR B 1366), 154287 (Ch) Place of Birth: Lower
: 21 April 1871
eonard, Stoker 1c, K 11282 (Ch) Place of Birth: Shalford, Surrey.
Adopted son of Thomas and Susan Sertin, of 2, "The Saxons,"
Dorchester Rd., Weybridge, Surrey
Albert Paterson, Able Seaman (RFR B 6304), 224462 (Ch
of Birth: Birkenhead, Cheshire. Date of Birth: 04 August 1886 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Wilson, of Belfast; husband of May Wilson, of The Square, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
, ERNEST Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Hawke." Age: 21
Born 23 September 1892 Date of Enlistment: 21 February 1911 Service No: CH/16978 Son
of William and Blanche Wilson, of Saddle Inn, Fulford, York.
, James. Official Number: SS108189. Place of Birth: Newry, Down.
Stoker 1st
class Son of the late James Wilson. Native of Belfast
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Place of Birth: Dover, Kent. Date of
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Williams, of 16, Bridge St., Dover.
Son of Mrs. E. M.
apprentice H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.
Place of Birth: Lower
of Birth: Shalford, Surrey.
Adopted son of Thomas and Susan Sertin, of 2, "The Saxons,"
Able Seaman (RFR B 6304), 224462 (Ch) Place
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Wilson, of Belfast; husband of May Wilson, of The Square, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
. "Hawke." Age: 21
Born 23 September 1892 Date of Enlistment: 21 February 1911 Service No: CH/16978 Son
, James. Official Number: SS108189. Place of Birth: Newry, Down.
Son of the late James Wilson. Native of Belfast
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WILSON, John, Private, RMLI (RFR), 15442 (Ch) When Enlisted/Date of
Enlistment: 19 October 1901.
WINKWORTH, Harry, Chief Ship's Cook, 176650 (Ch) Place of Birth: Somerset. Date of Birth:
16 November 1873. Son of Stephen Winkworth, of 17, St. Clement's Street Winchester.
WINSHIP, John, Stoker, RNR, V 282 Official Number: K46303. Place of Birth: Barton,
Lincolnshire. Date of Birth: 28 September 1899.
WINTON, Albert Edward Able Seaman (RFR B 6841), 194785 (Ch) Place of Birth: Folkestone,
Kent. Date of Birth: 11 October 1881. Son of Thomas Winton, of 3, Ingles Mews,
Christchurch Rd., Folkestone, Kent; husband of Daisy Ellen Annie Knight, (formerly Winton),
of 2, Addison Rd., Sarisbury, Southampton.
WOOD, George William Stoker 1c (RFR B 9617), SS 106983 (Ch) Place of Birth: Plaxton,
Kent. Date of Birth: 21 March 1890. Son of William and Elisabeth Wood, of Dunk's Green,
Tonbridge, Kent
WOOD, Thomas, Leading Seaman (RFR B 9935), 215158 (Ch) Place of Birth: Liverpool,
Lancashire. Date of Birth: 24 July 1883 Son of the late Sergeant Wood of the Grenadier
Guards
WOODS, Arthur W, Stoker 1c (RFR B 8977), SS 105687 (Ch) Place of Birth: Colchester, Essex.
Date of Birth: 01 July 1887.
WOODWARD, WILLIAM HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.
"Hawke." Age: 34 Born 09 September 1880 Date of Enlistment: 19 January 1900 Service No:
CH/11382: Son of Joseph and Sarah A. Woodward, of 34, Bearfield Rd., Kingston-on-Thames
WRIGHT, Albert G, Petty Officer 2c (RFR B 2091), 173141 (Ch) Place of Birth:
Canewdon, Essex. Date of Birth: 04 January 1878. Son of James and Emily Wright, of Poors
Cottages, Canewdon, Rochford, Essex
WRIGHT, Charles, Able Seaman (RFR B 7555), 189743 (Ch) Place of Birth: Leyton, Essex.
Date of Birth: 24 April 1881. Son of the late James and Elizabeth Wright, of Leyton, Essex
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YATES, John,
of Birth: 04 March 1884.
YOUNG, Thomas, Painter 1c, 347000 (Ch)
1884. Son of Isaac and Sarah Young, of 71, Wellington St., Bedford
YATES, John, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5597), SS 100526(Ch) Belfast, Antrim. Date
Thomas, Painter 1c, 347000 (Ch) Place of Birth: Bedford. Date of Birth: 18 February
Son of Isaac and Sarah Young, of 71, Wellington St., Bedford
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Belfast, Antrim. Date
Place of Birth: Bedford. Date of Birth: 18 February
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APPENDIX 3
THE SURVIVORS
One of the survivors, a gunner, commented the following day - “ At 10:30 am
yesterday Oct 15th in latitude 57 degree 49 minutes north and latitude nought degrees 10
minutes west position approximate “Endymion” closed “Hawke” to deliver mail; having
delivered mail she parted company to take up her cruising station. At about 10:50 am we
struck a little abaft the starboard beam by a torpedo. The ship at once listed to starboard
and the hands went to collision stations but it was impossible to get the mats out. All boats
were then ordered out it was impossible to do this. Ship listed rapidly to starboard and sunk
in about 5 minutes after being struck only boat got off port cutter and picket boat which
floated clear. A number of men swam to her and she sank. Three or four rafts floated clear
and number of men climbed onto them. When we had picked up as many men as the boat
would hold we pulled away in a north westerly direction at 3:30 pm we sighted a Norwegian
steamer the Modasta she took us on board and cutter in tow we steamed back towards the
place where the Hawke sank with a lookout man aloft submarines were sighted and the
Norwegian captain headed for Peterhead. We met the trawler Benrinnes and we came to
Aberdeen in her ends.”
A member of the U boat crew gave this account of the torpedoing. He wrote, “I
gazed at the little picture of the upper ocean. The distant three cruisers were some wide
space apart, but were converging, and were steering for a point and that point was
apparently in the vicinity where we lay. No wonder the Commander thought they must want
a torpedo.
"We imagined they were bent on joining forces and steaming together, but it
presently became apparent that they intended to exchange signals, drop a cutter in the
water, and deliver mail or orders, and then go their respective ways. We steered at full speed
for the point toward which they were heading, our periscope showing only for a few
moments at a time. The Cruisers, big armoured fellows, came zig-zagging. We picked one,
which afterward turned out to be HMS Hawke, and manoeuvred for a shot. It was tricky
work. She nearly ran us down. We had to dive deeper and let her pass over us; else we would
have been rammed. Now we were in a position for a stern shot at an angle, but she turned.
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It was a fatal turning, for it gave us an opportunity to swing around for a clear bow shot at
400 metres.
“‘Second bow tube fire!'. Weddigen snapped out the order, and soon there sounded
the tell-tale detonation."
"We dived beyond periscope depth, ran underwater for a short distance, and then
came up for a look through our tall, mast-like eye. The Hawke had already disappeared. She
sank in eight minutes. Only one boat was in the water. It was the mail dory that had been
lowered before the torpedo explosion. At the rudder the boat officer hoisted a distress signal
on the boat's staff. That little dory with half a dozen men aboard was all that was left of the
proud warship."
Newspaper report of how two of the survivors described the Hawke’s destruction:
“We were struck right amidships between the two funnels quite close to one of the
magazines. All hands were on deck, and it was a terrible explosion. The vessel immediately
took a heavy list to starboard. I have never been on a ship so well equipped with life saving
apparatus, but the way the vessel heeled over made it almost impossible to get the boats
out. The boat in which I was saved had a narrow escape from being taken down with the
suction.
“We were struck about 11o’clock in the forenoon, and just as we got away from the
Hawke, we distinctly saw the periscope of the enemy’s submarine come to the surface. We
thought he was going to ram us, but apparently he was on the lockout for any other rescuing
vessels. Prior to the accident the Hawke was cruising about zigzag fashion, and we never
saw the submarine until we felt her. It was beginning to get hazy when we were almost run
down by the Norwegian steamer which picked us up. This boat, after affecting the rescue,
cruised about in search of the rafts, but nothing was seen.” The second survivor reported:
“Those on deck for an instant, immediately after the explosion, saw the periscope of
a submarine, which showed above the water like a broomstick. When the explosion
occurred, I, along with the others in the engine-room, was sent flying into space as it were,
and must have been stunned for a little. When I came to, I found myself in the midst of an
absolute inferno. One of the cylinders of the engine had been completely wrecked, and
steam was hissing out in dense, scalding clouds, penetrating to every nook and cranny of the
engine-room and stokehold. The horror of the situation was added to when a tank of fuel oil
caught fire, and the flames advanced with fatal rapidity.
“I scrambled up the iron ladder to the main deck. Already the captain, commander,
and a midshipman were on the bridge, and calmly, as though on fleet manoeuvres in the
Solent, orders were given out, and as calmly obeyed. The bugler sounded the ‘Still’ call,
which called upon every man to remain at the post at which the call reached him. Soon there
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came the order, ‘Abandon ship, out boats’. {Note: - the bugler and midshipman were just
teenagers}
“Many of the crew had scrambled on to the side of the sinking cruiser as she slowly
turned turtle, and from this temporary place of safety were sliding and diving into the sea.
The captain and the midshipman stuck bravely to their posts on the bridge to the last, and
were seen to disappear as the ship finally plunged bow first amid a maelstrom of cruel,
swirling waters. As the Hawke went down a small pinnace and a raft which had been
prepared for such an emergency floated free, but such was the onrush of the men who had
been precipitated into the water that both were overcrowded.
“On the raft was seen about seventy men standing knee-deep in the water, and the
pinnace also appeared to be overfilled. The cutter rowed around the outskirts of the wreck,
picking up as many survivors as the boat could with safety contain. All aboard who had
donned life jackets divested themselves of these and threw them to their comrades
struggling in the water, and oars and all movable woodwork about the boat was also
pitched overboard to help those clinging to the wreckage, many of whom were seen to sink.
“A westerly course was set with the idea of striking the Scottish coast. About 4 p.m. a
Norwegian sailing ship hove in sight, and the exhausted men were taken aboard and treated
in the most kindly fashion, being served with stimulants and furnished with clothing. The
rescuing ship headed towards Peterhead, but on the way encountered the Aberdeen trawler
Ben Rinnes, to which the men were transferred.”
AITKEN, John Stoker 1st
class, RFR B 10544, SS 108524 (Ch) Place of Birth: Leith. Date of
Birth: 09 April 1891.
ALLEN, John Alexander, Stoker 1c, RFR B 5770, SS 10977 (Ch) Place of Birth: Peckham,
London. Date of Birth: 12 October 1901
AUSTIN, Sidney, Boatswain, also he was a survivor of the sinking of HMS Hogue on
September 22nd 1914
BARNARD, John, Stoker 1st
class, RFR B 7560, SS 102787 (Ch) Place of Birth: Shoreditch,
London. Date of Birth: 22 October 1886
BISHOP, George William, Leading Seaman, 206624 (Ch) Place of Birth: Poplar, London. Date
of Birth: 27 August 1883
BOWEN, Frederick Lawrence William Boy 1c, J 26759 (Ch) Place of Birth: Hoxton, London.
Date of Birth: 07 April 1897.
BOYCE, Charles Hener, Able Seaman, J 5691 (Ch) Plumstead, Kent. Date of Birth: 15 June
1893
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BRADSHAW, Robert, Stoker 1c, K 2674 (Ch) Place of Birth: Warrington, Lancashire. Date of
Birth: 20 March 1888
BUCKLE, George, Able Seaman, RFR B 6695, SS 1006 (Ch) Place of Birth: Long Crendon,
Oxfordshire. Date of Birth: 21 July 1884.
COLGAN, Peter, Able Seaman, RFR B 2683, 159835 (Ch) Place of Birth: Dunleer, Louth. Date
of Birth: 21 November 1874
COOKE, Joseph Edwin, Private, RFR B 1228, Ch 9542 Royal Marine Light Infantry:
Chatham Division. Date of Enlistment: 13 January 1897. Date of Birth: 08 May 1879.
COTTON, George Henry, Able Seaman, RFR B 3873, 185680 (Ch) Place of Birth: Bermondsey,
London. Date of Birth: 23 May 1879
CRIDDENDEN, John Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, K 922 (Ch) Place of Birth:
Mountfield, Sussex. Date of Birth: 12 October 1885.
CURD, Frank Stoker 1c, RFR B 9368, SS 106566 (Ch) Place of Birth: Maidstone, Kent. Date of
Birth: 25 September 1889.
DAVIES, James Stoker 1c, RFR B 9309, SS 106482 (Ch) Place of Birth: Stratford, Essex. Date
of Birth: 21 March 1888.
DAVIS, William Arthur Stoker 1c, RFR B 9443, SS 106679 (Ch) Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim.
Date of Birth: 20 February 1890.
DEED, John Crisp, Chief Stoker, 283151 (Ch) Place of Birth: Sudbury, Suffolk. Date of Birth:
27 June 1878
DENNIS, James, Gunner Official Number: 164359. Place of Birth: Shinfield, Berkshire. Date
of Birth: 28 July 1875. Date of Death: 09/07/1917 Age: 45 Serving as Master Gunner on
H.M.S. "Vanguard." He had been awarded the Order of St. Anne (Russia). He was the son of
Solomon Dennis of Reading, Berkshire. Husband of Bella Dennis, of 135, Rock Avenue,
Gillingham
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Report of the Court of Enquiry into the Circumstances Attending the Loss of HMS Vanguard
on 9 July, 1917 from The National Archives, Reference ADM 137/3681
“On the morning of 9 July 1917, HMS Vanguard undertook routine exercises around Scapa
Flow. The ship returned to its anchorage with the rest of the fleet at about 6.30pm. At about
11.20pm witnesses reported
… visible flame coming up from below just abaft the foremast, this being followed, after a
short interval, by a heavy explosion accompanied by a very great increase of flame together
with a very large quantity of wreckage fragments thrown up abaft the foremast in the
vicinity of "P" and "Q" turrets. This explosion was followed after a short interval by a second
explosion which considerably increased the volume of flame and smoke (and no doubt
debris), but smoke had previously obscured the ship so that the vicinity of this explosion
could not be exactly located. The evidence, however, points to it being just abaft the first
one.”
DINNING, Joseph Frederick, Boy 1c, J 22000 (Ch) Place of Birth: Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Date of
Birth: 11 May 1897.
DOYLE, Thomas Hugh, Able Seaman, RFR B 6063, 226467 (Ch) Place of Birth: Belfast,
Antrim. Date of Birth: 14 November 1885.
DUNN, George, Leading Seaman, RFR B B5804, 185473 (Ch) Place of Birth: Plumstead, Kent.
Date of Birth: 22 December 1878
EDIS, Francis Arthur Edward, Private, Ch 15023 Royal Marine Light Infantry:
Chatham Division. When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 21 June 1905. Date of Birth: 04 August
1886
EDWARDS, Lethe, Boy 1c, J 27528 (Ch) Place of Birth: Brighton, Sussex. Date of Birth: 25
September 1897.
ELLIOTT, William Edward, Stoker, RNR, 1581 U (Ch) Place of Birth: South Shields. Date of
Birth: 31 March 1878
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EVITT, Henry Cecil Thomas. Official Number: 180731. Place of Birth: Brixton, London. Date
of Birth: 06 July 1879. Gunner
FAINT, George Arthur, Leading Seaman (Coast Guard), 149914 (Ch) Place of Birth:
Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Date of Birth: 01 July 1874
FLETCHER, Tom Albert, Private, Ch 14932 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham
Division. When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 18 April 1905. Date of Birth: 16 September 1887
FOX, James Frederick, Able Seaman, RFR B 3888, 190649 (Ch) Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire.
Date of Birth: 14 December 1880
FRYER, Arthur, Stoker 1c, K 11795 (Ch) Place of Birth: Stepney, London. Date of Birth: 06
June 1893.
GEEVES, Henry Joseph, Ordinary Seaman, J 24850 (Ch) Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria. Date
of Birth: 17 September 1896
GIFKINS, Francis Albert Edgar, Leading Seaman, RFR B 6855, 189459 (Ch) Place of Birth:
Winchcomb, Gloucestershire. Date of Birth: 24 May 1880
GILES, George Edward, Private, RFR B 1348, Ch 8548 Royal Marine Light Infantry:
Chatham Division. When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 26 July 1895. Date of Birth: 23
September 1877
GRAY, Frank, Petty Officer 1c, 190321 (Ch) Place of Birth: Maidstone, Kent. Date of
Birth: 20 March 1880
HALLS, Alfred, Able Seaman, RFR B 3459, 189832 (Ch) Place of Birth: Redwinter, Essex. Date
of Birth: 18 September 1878
HANFORD, Joshua Stoker 1st
class RFR B 8611, SS 104964 (Ch) Place of Birth: Putney,
London. Date of Birth: 18 October 1888
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Members of crew of HMS Ebro, March - April
1918, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
HATCHER, Alfred, Able Seaman, RFR B 3865, 188026 (Ch) Place of Birth: New Shoreham,
Sussex. Date of Birth: 25 February 1880. He was the son of James and Eliza Hatcher, of
Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Date of Death 04/08/1918 from heart failure following influenza
aged 38 while serving on HMS Ebro, armed merchant cruiser. Commemorated on Chatham
Naval Memorial
HOY, Thomas, Able Seaman, RFR B 5623, 178570 (Ch) Place of Birth: Inver, Antrim. Date of
Birth: 08 February 18
HUDSON, Charles, Able Seaman, RFR B 456, 186262 (Ch) Place of Birth: Plumstead, Kent.
Date of Birth: 11 August 1880.
HUGHES, William Thomas Stoker 1c, RFR B 7238, SS 102130 (Ch) Place of Birth: Aldershot,
Hampshire. Date of Birth: 27 February 1887
JARMAIN, Walter Thomas William, Stoker 1c, K
17588 (Ch) Place of Birth: West Ham, Essex. Date of Birth: 06 January 1892 Son of Walter
and Alice Jarmain, of 45, Acacia Rd., Leytonstone, London. 17588 Date of Death: 07/03/1916
Age:24 H.M.S. "Coquette. HMS Coquette was a D-class destroyer launched in 1897 and sunk
by a mine from a German submarine in 1916 (22 casualties). Commemorated Panel
Reference: 17 CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
JINKS, Hart Corporal, Ch 13256 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division.
When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 24 June 1899. Date of Birth: 25 May 1881
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LOVELADY, Joseph, Able Seaman, 212101 (Ch) Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire. Date of
Birth: 01 January 1885
LYNN, John Robert, Able Seaman, RFR B 3880, 163024 (Ch) Place of Birth: Westminster,
South Wales. Date of Birth: 12 February 1876
McLEAN, James Stoker 1c, RFR B 9657, SS 107095 (Ch) Place of Birth: Whitby, Yorkshire.
Date of Birth: 08 November 1885
McNAMARA, William, Leading Seaman (Coast Guard), 124084 (Ch) Place of Birth: Tracton,
Cork. Date of Birth: 24 November 1867
METCALF, Thomas Frederick, Leading Seaman, 197078 (Ch) Place of Birth: Walworth,
London. Date of Birth: 16 June 1880
MUNN, Edwin Frederick, Able Seaman, RFR B 3867, 133605 (Ch) Place of Birth: Birmingham,
Warwickshire. Date of Birth: 04 April 1870
NICHOLLS, Henry Fludger, Private, RFR B 1428, Ch 11566 Royal Marine Light
Infantry: Chatham Division. When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 25 May 1900. Date of Birth:
05 April 1882.
O'BEIRNE, Edward John, Boy 1c, J 23556 (Ch) Place of Birth: Deccan, India. Date of Birth: 21
December 1897.
OGDEN, Albert Edmund, Boy 1c, J 26389 (Ch) Place of Birth: Agra, India. Date of Birth: 04
February 1898
O'NEILL, James, Able Seaman, RFR B 4664, 177800 (Ch) Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date
of Birth: 09 August 1877
O'NEILL, Malachi John, Stoker Petty Officer, RFR B 8604, 295247 (Ch) Place of
Birth: Dublin. Date of Birth: 18 May 1881.
PASCOE, William Coulls, Shipwright 2c, M 6761 (Dev) Place of Birth: Helston, Cornwall. Date
of Birth: 07 April 1892
PETERS, Henry, Able Seaman, RFR B 3850, 179235 (Ch) Place of Birth: Stepney, London.
Date of Birth: 11 March 1879
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HMS VINDICTIVE
ROSOMAN, Robert R, Lieutenant Commander He later was involved on HMS
Vindictive on the ZEEBRUGGE Raid 23rd
April 1918 :- “At 11.56 the ship having just passed
through a smoke screen, the Mole extension was seen in the semi-darkness about 300 yards
off on the port bow. Speed was increased to full, and course altered so that allowing for
cross tide the ship would make good a closing course of 45 degrees to the Mole. The
"Vindictive" purposely withheld her fire to avoid being discovered, but almost at the moment
of her emerging from the smoke the enemy opened fire. So promptly, under the orders of
Commander Edward O. B. S. Osborne, was this replied to by the port 6-inch battery, the
upper-deck pom-poms, and the gun in the fore-top that the firing on both sides appeared to
be almost simultaneous. Captain Carpenter was conning the ship from the port forward
flame-thrower hut. Lieutenant-Commander Robert R. Rosoman, with directions as to the
handling of the ship should the captain be disabled, was in the conning tower from which the
ship was being steered.”
RYE, Albert George, Able Seaman, 218439 (Ch) Place of Birth: Plumstead, Kent. Date of
Birth: 22 January 1886
SALMON, Edward, Stoker 1c, RFR B 7680, 292117 (Ch) Place of Birth: Belfast, Antrim. Date
of Birth: 17 March 1880
SAVORY, Edward, Able Seaman, 213258 (Ch) Place of Birth: Hellington, Norfolk. Date of
Birth: 23 September 1884. H.M.S. "Valerian" Date of Death: 20/11/1918
Grave Reference: Plot. 417 Cemetery: MALTA (CAPUCCINI)
NAVAL CEMETERY
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SCOTT, William Collin, Leading Seaman, 185859 (Ch) Place of Birth: Camberwell, Surrey.
Date of Birth: 16 June 1879.
SHARP, Ernest Claud, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Sussex/ 281 Date of Birth: 05 November 1892.
SIMMONDS, James Thomas, Stoker 1c, RFR B 1441, 146933 (Ch) Place of Birth: Ramsgate.
Date of Birth: 15 September 1870
SMITH, Arthur Stanley, Boy 1c, J 23573 (Ch) Place of Birth: Dartford, Kent. Date of Birth: 25
October 1897
SUMMERS, John, Able Seaman, RFR B 3846, 202888 (Ch)
TAYLOR, William, Petty Officer 1c, 170545 (Ch) Place of Birth: Fulham, London.
Date of Birth: 07 August 1877
TERRY, Charles Albert, Petty Officer, 202486 (Ch) Place of Birth: Dover, Kent. Date
of Birth: 24 December 1882
THOMPSON, Herbert Henry, Leading Signalman, 236433 (Ch) Place of Birth: Kensington,
London. Date of Birth: 22 June 1890
TRAINOR, Charles, Able Seaman, RFR B 1353, 177805 (Ch) Place of Birth: Londonderry. Date
of Birth: 01 July 1875
WALTER, George Martin, Act/Leading Stoker, 307446 (Ch) Place of Birth: Bromley, Kent.
Date of Birth: 10 December 1885
WETHERELL, Leonard Harold, Boy 1c, J 27500 (Ch) Place of Birth: Dartford, Kent. Date of
Birth: 10 May 1897
WRATTEN, George Walter, Able Seaman, RFR B 8052, SS 1600 (Ch) Place of Birth: Dartford,
London. Date of Birth: 29 October 1887
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LETTERS TO THE CAPTAIN’S WIDOW
Captain H. Tudor Williams
Peggy standing at the front and
The first his wife knew of the sinking of Hawke was reading the Portsmouth News stand in
the street which said "Sinking of H.M.S.Hawke, Great loss of life
in Spencer Road, Southsea,
She was comforted by letters received from members of the crew, who all spoke highly of
their Captain. Below are typical letters one from Portsmouth and one from Chatham.
A letter from DEED, John Crisp,
Date of Birth: 27 June 1878 to Mrs Williams
APPENDIX 4
LETTERS TO THE CAPTAIN’S WIDOW
Tudor Williams and hIs wife Phyllis with daughters
standing at the front and Veronica behind her mother.
The first his wife knew of the sinking of Hawke was reading the Portsmouth News stand in
Sinking of H.M.S.Hawke, Great loss of life feared." on her way home
She was comforted by letters received from members of the crew, who all spoke highly of
their Captain. Below are typical letters one from Portsmouth and one from Chatham.
, John Crisp, Chief Stoker, 283151 (Ch) Place of Birth: Sudbury, Suffolk.
Date of Birth: 27 June 1878 to Mrs Williams
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and hIs wife Phyllis with daughters
behind her mother.
The first his wife knew of the sinking of Hawke was reading the Portsmouth News stand in
on her way home
She was comforted by letters received from members of the crew, who all spoke highly of
their Captain. Below are typical letters one from Portsmouth and one from Chatham.
Chief Stoker, 283151 (Ch) Place of Birth: Sudbury, Suffolk.
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A letter from ROSOMAN, Robert R, Lieutenant Commander
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Editors note
This book was issued in conjunction with the memorial
board HMS Colne at Colchester in 2014
that the significance of loss of so many lives may be remembered
Sources
1. Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853
2. Royal Navy officers' service records
3. The picture of Lt Weddigen is from "The Great War". The picture of U
reproduced with permission from the site "World War Naval Combat".
4. Casualty list of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1003
1. Kings Canterbury School Roll of Honour
5. Royal Navy Remembrance
6. http://irishmedals.org/irish
7. The 13 volumes entitled the “Great War” publisher/ authors not given but believed
possibly issued by the Daily Mail in the 1920s
8. 1911 Census, 1901 census
9. Commonwealth War Graves Data Bank
10. http://historyhubulster.co.uk/category/news/page/2/
11. http://www.numa.net/expeditions/north
PLEASE NOTE that we obtained special dispensation from a number of agencies including the
CWGC and the War Graves photographic project regarding copyright on their material used in this
book. The IWM have granted a non commercial lic
This was granted in view of the nature of the book being commemorative rather than published
for commercial reasons. It is believed that the original copyright has
pictures used
(C) NOTE THEIR COPYRIGHT MAY
COMMERCIAL REASONS
E.J.SPARROW
MAY 2015
in conjunction with the memorial service held at
at Colchester in 2014 for the centenary of the sinking of HMS Hawke
loss of so many lives may be remembered
Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853-1923
Royal Navy officers' service records 1756-1931
The picture of Lt Weddigen is from "The Great War". The picture of U
reproduced with permission from the site "World War Naval Combat".
Casualty list of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies
history.net/xDKCas1003-Intro.htm
Kings Canterbury School Roll of Honour website 1911 Census, 1901 census
Royal Navy Remembrance - Northern Ireland
http://irishmedals.org/irish-royal-navy-kia.html
The 13 volumes entitled the “Great War” publisher/ authors not given but believed
possibly issued by the Daily Mail in the 1920s
1911 Census, 1901 census
Commonwealth War Graves Data Bank
http://historyhubulster.co.uk/category/news/page/2/
http://www.numa.net/expeditions/north-sea-and-english-channel-hunt/
PLEASE NOTE that we obtained special dispensation from a number of agencies including the
CWGC and the War Graves photographic project regarding copyright on their material used in this
book. The IWM have granted a non commercial licence for any of their material used in this book.
This was granted in view of the nature of the book being commemorative rather than published
for commercial reasons. It is believed that the original copyright has expired on many of the
MAY STILL REMAIN ON THIS MATERIAL USED ELSEWHERE
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service held at sunset on
for the centenary of the sinking of HMS Hawke so
The picture of Lt Weddigen is from "The Great War". The picture of U-9 is
reproduced with permission from the site "World War Naval Combat".
1911 Census, 1901 census
The 13 volumes entitled the “Great War” publisher/ authors not given but believed
PLEASE NOTE that we obtained special dispensation from a number of agencies including the
CWGC and the War Graves photographic project regarding copyright on their material used in this
their material used in this book.
This was granted in view of the nature of the book being commemorative rather than published
expired on many of the
STILL REMAIN ON THIS MATERIAL USED ELSEWHERE FOR